Legendary Appalachian Writer Gurney Norman Dies at 88
Gurney Norman, a renowned writer, filmmaker, professor, and cultural advocate, has passed away at the age of 88 due to natural causes.
Norman was born in 1937 in Grundy, Virginia, and grew up in the southern Appalachian Mountains, raised by his grandparents in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Kentucky.
- He attended Stuart Robinson School in Letcher County, Kentucky, from 1946-1955.
- Norman graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in journalism and English from 1955-1959.
- In 1960, he received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University.
At Stanford, Norman studied with notable literary figures, including Malcolm Cowley and Frank O’Connor.
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Author's summary: Gurney Norman, a legendary Appalachian writer, dies at 88.