About Ellen Meloy
Lived 1946 – 2004 (aged 58). Ellen Meloy was an American writer.
Life She was born Ellen Louise Ditzler in Pasadena, California. She graduated from Goucher College with a degree in art, and from the University of Montana with a master's degree in environmental studies. She married her husband Mark Meloy, a river ranger, in 1985. Her nephew is the musician and writer Colin Meloy and her niece is the writer Maile Meloy.
A prize bearing Meloy's name is presented annually by The Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers.
Awards 1997 Whiting Award 2003 Pulitzer Prize nomination for The Anthropology of Turquoise Meditations on Landscape, Art & Spirit (2003) 2007 John Burroughs Medal Award
Selected works "GROUND ZERO", Salon, February, 24, 1999
Anthologies
American Nature Writing: 2000, the volume was devoted to emerging women writers and was edited by John A. Murray, published by Oregon State University Press: Corvallis.
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Who was Ellen Meloy?
American writer
When was Ellen Meloy born?
Ellen Meloy was born on 21 June 1946 in Pasadena.
When did Ellen Meloy die?
Ellen Meloy died on 4 November 2004 in Bluff, Utah.
What was Ellen Meloy's occupation?
Ellen Meloy was a writer.
What nationality was Ellen Meloy?
Ellen Meloy was American.
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