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Owen Wister

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American writer (1860-1938)

United StatesWritersLived 1860 to 1938 · aged 78
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Owen Wister was an American writer. " He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.

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Wister's birthplace at 5203 Germantown Avenue, PhiladelphiaWister's birthplace at 5203 Germantown Avenue, PhiladelphiaPoster for the Broadway production of The Virginian by Wister and Kirke La ShellePoster for the Broadway production of The Virginian by Wister and Kirke La ShelleGrave of Owen Wister, Laurel Hill CemeteryGrave of Owen Wister, Laurel Hill Cemetery

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Mary BrianAlso in The Virginian (1929)Dustin FarnumAlso in The Virginian (1914)Florence VidorAlso in The Virginian (1923)Howard EstabrookAlso in The Virginian (1929)Richard ArlenAlso in The Virginian (1929)Tom FormanAlso in The Virginian (1923)

About this person

Owen Wister was an American writer. His novel The Virginian, published in 1902, helped create the cowboy as a folk hero in the United States and built Wister's reputation as the "father of Western fiction." He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. The Western Writers of America renamed the Saddleman Award for best book of the year to the Owen Wister Award, and Mount Wister in Wyoming was named in his honor.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1938 · aged 78
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15 languages

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