Elmer Stephen Kelton | |
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 Kelton at the 2007 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | April 29, 1926[1] Five Wells Ranch, Andrews County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 2009 (aged 83)[2] San Angelo, Texas, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Period | 1957–2009 |
| Genre | Westerns |
| Spouse | Anna (née Lipp) Kelton |
| Children | 3 |
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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 have 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.
| Year | Award | Category | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Spur Award | Novel | Buffalo Wagons |
| 1971 | Spur Award | Novel | The Day the Cowboys Quit |
| 1973 | Spur Award | Novel | The Time It Never Rained |
| 1974 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Time It Never Rained |
| 1977 | Owen Wister Award | Western literature | Lifetime achievement |
| 1979 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Good Old Boys |
| 1981 | Spur Award | Novel | Eyes of the Hawk |
| 1988 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Man Who Rode Midnight |
| 1992 | Spur Award | Novel of the West | Slaughter |
| 1994 | Spur Award | Novel of the West | The Far Canyon |
| 2002 | Spur Award | Best Western Novel | Way of the Coyote |
| 2010 (posthumously) | American Cowboy Culture Association | Fictional works | Lifetime achievement |
