Ron Hansen (novelist)
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Ron Hansen | |
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Born | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | December 8, 1947
Occupation | Novelist |
Education | Creighton University Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) Santa Clara University (MA) |
Genre | Fiction |
Ron Hansen (born December 8, 1947) is an American
Biography
Ron Hansen was born in
Following military service, he earned an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974 and held a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship at Stanford University. He later earned an M.A. in Spirituality from Santa Clara University.
Hansen is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University, where he teaches courses in writing and literature.[3] He is married to the writer Bo Caldwell.
In January 2007, Hansen was ordained as a
In May 2009, Hansen was inducted to the college of fellows at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
Awards and fellowships
Hansen has received fellowships from the Michigan Society of Fellows, the
Novels and short stories
Hansen frequently writes novels about the
Hansen's 1996 novel,
Hansen has published numerous short stories in literary magazines nationwide. His short story collection, Nebraska, was published in 1989. Hansen also edited the anthology You Don't Know What Love Is: Contemporary American Stories (1987) and co-edited with Jim Shepard You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe (1994).
In addition to his novels and short stories, Hansen has published a compilation of essays on faith and fiction (A Stay Against Confusion) and a children's book (The Shadowmaker). Hansen also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film adaptation of Mariette in Ecstasy.
In 2016, Hansen wrote about the life of Billy the Kid in a novel titled simply The Kid.
Adaptations
- In 2000, Atticus was adapted into the film Missing Pieces starring James Coburn.[11]
- In 2006, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was adapted for the screen in a film written and directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt as James.[3] The film was edited for a September 21, 2007 release.
- In 2009, Mariette in Ecstasy was adapted for the stage and produced at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago.[12]
- Hansen co-wrote the screenplay for the 2020 film The World to Come along with Jim Shepard, from Shepard's short story.
Bibliography
Novels
- Desperadoes (1979)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (1983)
- The Shadowmaker (1987)
- Mariette in Ecstasy (1991)
- ISBN 0-06-092786-0
- Hitler's Niece (1999) ISBN 0-06-093220-1
- Isn't It Romantic?: An Entertainment (2003)
- Exiles (2008)
- A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion (2011)
- The Kid (2016)
Collections
- Nebraska (1989)
- A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction (2001)
- She Loves Me Not: New and Selected Stories (2012)
As editor or contributor
- You Don't Know What Love Is: Contemporary American Stories (Compiler) (1987)
- You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe (Editor, with Jim Shepard) (1994)
- John of the Cross: Selections from The Dark Night and Other Writings (Foreword) (2004)
- Flyover Fiction, series from University of Nebraska Press (Series editor) (2005–present)
External links
- Ron Hansen at IMDb
References
- ^ "Ron Hansen". Nebraska Center for Writers. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Ron Hansen". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Catholic Writer Ron Hansen". Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. WNET. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b Herb, Jeremy (18 January 2007). "English Professor Ron Hansen Ordained as Deacon". The Santa Clara. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ^ "Ron Hansen". Santa Clara University. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Past Winners & Finalists". PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ Hansen, Ron (28 November 2016). "What History Has Taught Me: Ron Hansen, Author". True West Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Atticus". National Book Foundation. 1996. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Past Winners & Finalists. 1981-2015" (PDF). PEN/Faulkner Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Gates, Anita (February 4, 2000). "TV Weekend; Poor Dad Seems Confused, And He's Not the Only One". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2019.