Missoulian
By Rob Chaney
December 4, 2020
Montana author and writing master Bill Kittredge, who co-created the iconic “The Last Best Place” title for a compendium of Montana literature, died on Friday. He was 88.
A native of southern Oregon, Kittredge, began teaching
creative writing at the University of Montana in 1969. He retired in 1997 but
returned briefly in 2012 as visiting writer in a fellowship program named for
him. President Bill Clinton honored him with a National Humanities Award in
1994, followed by the Los Angeles Times Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007.
He received a lifetime achievement award from the Montana Book Festival in
2017.
Some of Kittredge’s most notable work includes his 1987 collection of stories, “Owning it All,” and his 1992 memoir “Hole in the Sky.”
Kittredge also co-produced Robert Redford’s “A River Runs Through It,” and has been published in notable magazines and newspapers around the country.
Additional coverage of Kittredge’s life and accomplishments will be published in Sunday’s Missoulian newspaper.
KITTREDGE, William
Born: 8/14/1932, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Died: 12/4/2020, Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.
William Kittredge’s westersn – self:
How the West Was Lost (TV) - 2008
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