Frank Soos

Frank Soos (1950 – August 18, 2021) was an American short story writer.^[1]

Frank Soos
Born	1950
Died	2021 (aged 70–71)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Short story writer
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Alaska
Academic work
Institutions	University of Alaska

Life

Soos grew up in Pocahontas, Virginia.^[2] He graduated from Davidson College in 1972 and the University of Arkansas.^[3] He taught at University of Alaska Fairbanks.^[4]

His work appeared in North Dakota Quarterly and Quarterly West.^[5]

Soos died in a bicycle accident in Maine on August 18, 2021.^[6]

Awards

• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
• Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
• Alaska State Writer Laureate

Works

• Unpleasantries. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 2016 (essays.) ISBN 978-0-29599-840-4.
• Frank Soos; Margo Klass; Kesler Woodward (2009). Double Moon. Red Hen Press. ISBN 978-1-59709-141-1.
• Frank Soos (2006). Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace. Illustrator Kesler Woodward. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2835-5.
• Unified Field Theory. W. W. Norton & Company. 2000. ISBN 978-0-393-31988-0.
• Early yet: seven short stories and a novella. St. Andrews College Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-879934-52-8.
• The other side of Christiansburg. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 1981.

Anthologies

• David Starkey, ed. (2007). "Hauling Water". Living blue in the red states. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6008-5.
• Susan Fox Rogers, ed. (2002). "Upside Down with Borges and bob". Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from Above the 54th Parallel. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-046-2.

References

1. Capps, Kris. "Frank Soos, former UAF professor and writer laureate, dies". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
2. Love, Glen A. (2000). Fishing the Northwest. ISBN 978-0-87071-481-8. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. Flora, Joseph M.; MacKethan, Lucinda Hardwick (November 2001). The Companion to Southern Literature. ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. "The North Dakota Quarterly". google.com. 1991. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
   - http://www.fsaf.org/classes2009/writing.html 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Roland Barker and His Red Guitar". Quarterly West (14): 6. 1982. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
6. "Former Alaska Writer Laureate Frank Soos dies in bicycle accident in Maine". Anchorage Daily News. August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.