April 29, 1926[1] Five Wells Ranch, Andrews County, Texas, U.S.
Died
August 22, 2009(2009-08-22) (aged 83)[2] San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
Journalist
writer
novelist
Alma mater
University of Texas at Austin
Period
1957–2009
Genre
Westerns
Spouse
Anna (née Lipp) Kelton
Children
3
Website
elmerkelton.net
Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926[1] – August 22, 2009[2]) was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas.
He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948. Kelton worked as the farm and ranch editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times from 1948 to 1963. He served as the associate editor of Livestock Weekly from 1968 to 1990. Kelton's memoir, Sandhills Boy, was published in 2007.
Kelton's novels won seven Spur Awards, from the Western Writers of America, and three Western Heritage Awards, from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. He also received a Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement.
^ abKelton, Elmer (2007). - Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer. - New York, New York: Forge. - p.26. - ISBN 978-0-7653-1521-2.
^ ab"UPDATE: Elmer Kelton dies at 83". San Angelo Standard-Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
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