Fellowship of Southern Writers

JOSEPH BLOTNER

Blotner grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. He has taught at the Universities of Idaho, Virginia, North Carolina, and Michigan. At Virginia he was chairman of the Balch Committee, where William Faulkner became Writer-in Residence. His writings include Robert PenWarren: A Biography, the two-volume Faulkner: A Biography, and Selected Letters of William Faulkner. He has received numerous awards including the Guggenheim and Fulbright. Blotner is Professor of English Emeritus of the University of Michigan.

Fellowship of Southern Writers A. R. Ammons James Applewhite Richard Bausch Madison Smartt Bell Wendell Berry Doris Betts Joseph Blotner Cleanth Brooks Fred Chappell George Core James Dickey Ellen Douglas Clyde Edgerton Ralph Ellison Horton Foote Shelby Foote John Hope Franklin Ernest J. Gaines George Garrett Kaye Gibbons Gail Godwin Allan Gurganus Barry Hannah Beth Henley William Hoffman Josephine Humphreys Blyden Jackson Madison Jones Donald Justice Yusef Komunyakaa C. Eric Lincoln Romulus Linney Andrew Lytle Bobbie Ann Mason Jill McCorkle Marsha Norman Walker Percy Reynolds Price John Shelton Reed Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Mary Lee Settle Lewis P. Simpson Dave Smith Lee Smith Monroe K. Spears Elizabeth Spencer William Styron Walter Sullivan Henry Taylor Peter Taylor Ellen Bryant Voigt Robert Penn Warren Eudora Welty Allen Wier C. Vann Woodward Charles Wright

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