Nolan Miller (1907 – September 30, 2006) was a noted short story writer and novelist. Miller was the fiction editor of ''

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'' and a long-time member of the

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faculty.

Fiction and faculty

Miller attended Wayne State University where he received both a BA and an MA. His favorite authors were Wordsworth, Proust, Joyce and

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. While working as a

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high school teacher, Miller wrote short stories. A story in ''

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'' prompted ''Atlantic'' editor Edward Weeks to recommend Miller as an Antioch College "writer in residence". In 1946, he was invited to join the faculty at Antioch College, where he served as fiction editor for ''The Antioch Review'' and taught creative writing for more than half a century.

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wrote the first version of his award-winning script ''

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'' while a student in one of Miller’s classes. Beginning in 1955, Miller edited the ''New Campus Writing'' series, collecting the best of creative writing from America’s colleges. He became the first fiction editor of ''The Antioch Review'' in 1965. He wrote four novels: ''Why I Am So Beat'' (Putnam, 1954). ''Sarah Belle Luella Mae'', ''A Moth of Time'' and ''The Merry Innocents''. His 1959 short story “A New Life” was included in the O. Henry Prize Awards. His stories also appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Awards

Miller was a recipient of the Hopwood Award from the

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. After Miller retired in 1972, he remained active with ''The Antioch Review''. He died in 2006 at the age of 99.

References

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