Trudy Dittmar (born 1944) is an American
nature writer and
essayist
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal an ...
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Life
She is the daughter of George Julius and Florence G. Dittmar. Her work appeared in ''North Dakota Quarterly'', ''High Plains Literary Review'', and ''North American Review''.
She lives in
Dubois, Wyoming
Dubois is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 971 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, but dropped to 911 in the 2020 census. The population nearly doubles in the summer with man ...
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Awards
* 2003
Whiting Award
* 2000
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award was an award given annually to beginning women writers. Established in 1995 by American author Rona Jaffe, the Foundation offers grants to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The award w ...
Works
"Moose", ''The North American Review'', September/ October 1996*
Anthologies
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* ''The Norton Book of Nature Writing'', John Elder, Robert Finch (Eds.),
References
External links
Profile at The Whiting Foundation"Reviews", ''Lisa Couturier''
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1944 births
American non-fiction writers
American essayists
Living people
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners
People from Dubois, Wyoming