Kevin McIlvoy | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1953 Madison, Illinois |
| Died | September 30, 2022 (aged 69) [1] Asheville, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable awards | New Mexico Governor’s Art Award |
Kevin McIlvoy (1953-2022) was an American writer and the former Editor in Chief of the acclaimed literary magazine Puerto del Sol.[2] His novels include A Waltz (1981), The Fifth Station (1987, 1989), Little Peg (1991), Hyssop (1998, 1999), At the Gate of All Wonder (2018), and One Kind Favor (2021.) His short stories, collected in The Complete History of New Mexico (2005) and 57 Octaves Below Middle C (2017), have appeared in such nationally acclaimed literary journals as The Southern Review, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, Chelsea and The Paris Review. He taught as a Regents Professor in the English Department at New Mexico State University (1981-2008) and in the Creative Writing MFA program at Warren Wilson College (1987-2019.)
References
- ↑ "Novelist Kevin McIlvoy Dies Unexpectedly".
- ↑ THE FIFTH STATION by Kevin McIlvoy, Los Angeles Times - Oct 29, 1989. [Kevin McIlvoy] writes about hard times in the mill towns of Middle America and how the decline of the steel industry affects three brothers....
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