William Kittredge was an American writer from Oregon, United States, who lived mostly in Missoula, Montana.
10 Facts About William Kittredge
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William Kittredge was born in 1932 in Portland, Oregon, and grew up on a ranch in Southeastern Oregon's Warner Valley in Lake County, where he attended school in Adel, Oregon.
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William Kittredge later attended high school in California and Oregon.
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William Kittredge earned his undergraduate degree in agriculture from Oregon State University.
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William Kittredge became a major voice with his 1987 collection of essays, Owning It All, about the modern West.
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William Kittredge followed with Hole in the Sky: A Memoir.
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William Kittredge was co-producer of the movie, A River Runs Through It.
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William Kittredge received numerous awards including a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford and Writing Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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William Kittredge published essays and articles in many magazines including The Atlantic, Harper's, Esquire, Time, Newsweek, and newspapers The Washington Post and The New York Times, mostly about the West.
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William Kittredge taught creative writing at the University of Montana in Missoula for 30 years and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Montana Book Festival in September 2017.