Seth Kantner is an American writer from the state of Alaska who has attended the University of Alaska and studied journalism at the University of Montana. He has worked as a photographer, trapper, fisherman, mechanic and igloo-builder and now lives in Kotzebue, Alaska.[1] His 2004 novel Ordinary Wolves tells the story of Cutuk, a boy who, like the author, was raised and home-schooled in a sod igloo on the Alaskan tundra. The book was published by Milkweed Editions and won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He followed it in 2009 with a memoir, also from Milkweed, Shopping for Porcupine.
Seth Kantner | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Alaska University of Montana |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award (2005) |
Awards
edit- 2005 Whiting Award for nonfiction[2]
- 2017 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant to complete his book A Thousand Trails Home[3]
References
edit- ^ "Seth Kantner: Boston too much for Alaskan to bear". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ "Seth Kantner Whiting Award Profile". Whiting.org. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "2017 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grantee: Seth Kantner". Whiting.org. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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