François Camoin

François André Camoin (June 20, 1939 – March 18, 2019),^[1] born in Nice, France, was an American short story writer.

Life[]

He came to the United States in 1952. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Ph.D. in 1967. He taught at the University of Utah^[2] until 2011 when he retired due to illness.^[3] His students included authors Chuck Rosenthal and Rob Roberge.^[4] He lived in Salt Lake City with his wife, sons, and dogs. According to his wife Shelley, he had a particular fondness for peppermint bark.^[5]

His work appears in Mid-American Review,^[6] Missouri Review,^[7] Nimrod,^[8] and Quarterly West.^[9]

Awards[]

• 1985 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
• 1995 Salt Lake City Mayor's Artist Award^[10]
• 2004 Utah Humanities Council Grant ^[11]

Works[]

• April, May, and So On. What Books Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9823542-4-7.
• Like Love But Not Exactly. University of Missouri Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-8262-0845-3.
• Deadly Virtues. Arrowood Books. 1988. ISBN 978-0-934847-06-3.
• Why Men Are Afraid of Women. University of Georgia Press. January 1985. ISBN 978-0-8203-0722-0.
• Why Men Are Afraid of Women (Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction). University of Georgia Press. March 2013. ISBN 978-0820344621. (Reprint)
• The End of the World Is Los Angeles. University of Missouri Press. April 1982. ISBN 978-0-8262-0365-6.
• Benbow and Paradise. Dutton. 1975. ISBN 978-0-525-06315-5.
• The Revenge Convention in Webster, Middleton and Tourneur. Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg. 1972.

Anthologies[]

• Janice Eidus; John Kastan, eds. (1998). It's only rock and roll: an anthology of rock and roll short stories. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-56792-089-5.
• Charles East, ed. (1993). "Peacock Blue". The Flannery O'Connor Award: Selected Stories. University of Georgia Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8203-1524-9.

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