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July 9, 1968 (73 years old)
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Aries
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Celebrities born on March 31
Born in 1895
Born in Annis, Idaho
Aries named Vardis
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First name Vardis
Vardis Alvero Fisher is an American writer from Idaho who has written famous historical novels about the Old West. After studying at the University of Utah and the University of Chicago, Fisher taught English at the University of Utah and then at Washington Square College at New York University until 1931. He worked with the Federal Writers Project to Idaho Project Administration Project Administration, published in 1937. In 1939, Fisher wrote Children of God, a historical novel focused on The Early Church of Jesus Saints Christ in the last days. The novel won the Harper Award. In 1940, Fisher moved to Hagerman, Idaho, and spent the next 20 years writing a series of 12-volume Human Estimates, describing human history, from ancient times to civilization. Fisher's novel Mountain Man was adapted into the movie Jeremiah Johnson. Fisher is often grouped with the dissatisfied Mormon writer in Mormon novels.
BornMarch 31, 1895, Annis, Idaho, United States
DiedJuly 9, 1968, Hagerman, Idaho, United States
OccupationAuthor, essayist
Alma materUniversity of Utah, University of Chicago
GenreHistorical novel, American Old West
SpouseLeona McMurtrey, Margaret Trusler, Opal Laurel Holmes
ChildrenGrant Fisher, T. Roberts Fisher

About Vardis Fisher

Novelist Vardis Fisher was born in Annis, Idaho, United States on March 31, 1895. He dies at the age of 73, on July 9, 1968.

He is most known for his writings Children of God and Pemmican: A Novel of the Hudson's Bay Company, both of which are historical novels set in the Old West. He's also recognized for his Testament of Man series, which consists of twelve books written in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Vardis Fisher before becoming famous

Vardis Fisher was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1895 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

He went to the University of Utah and the University of Chicago for his education. He went on to teach English as an assistant professor at the University of Utah and New York University.

Achievement of Vardis Fisher

Children of God, his historical book, earned the Harper Prize in Fiction in 1939.

Vardis Fisher's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in the Idaho town of Annis. He married Margaret Trusler in 1928, and they had two boys together.

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Jeremiah Johnson, based on his novel Mountain Man, was directed by Director Sydney Pollack.

Sydney Pollack (1934 - 2008) (Director)
Sydney Pollack (1934 - 2008)

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Vardis Fisher Income & Net worth

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