Frank Soos (1950 – August 18, 2021) was an American

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writer.

Life

Soos grew up in

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. He graduated from

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in 1972 and the

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. He taught at

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-, National Sea Grant College Program, sea-, and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, space-grant research university in ...

. His work appeared in ''North Dakota Quarterly'' and ''Quarterly West''. Soos died in a bicycle accident in

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on August 18, 2021.

Awards

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

Fellowship * Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction *Alaska State Writer Laureate

Works

*''Unpleasantries.'' University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 2016 (essays.) . * * * * *

Anthologies

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References

1950 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American short story writers Accidental deaths in Maine American male short story writers Davidson College alumni People from Pocahontas, Virginia University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty University of Arkansas alumni Writers from Alaska Writers from Virginia {{Alaska-bio-stub