1941-; Influential author of Cherokee and German descent

Glancy, Diane (1941-)

Diane Glancy, an author of Cherokee and German descent, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1941.  She has held the Richard L. Thomas Chair in Creative Writing at Kenyon College. Glancy also taught creative writing for nearly two decades at Macalester College. She also held the title of artist in residence for the State Arts Council of Oklahoma for nearly ten years. Glancy has taught at the Bread Loaf School of English M.A. program on the campus of the Native American Preparatory School in Rowe, New Mexico; at the University of Minnesota as the Edlestein-Keller Minnesota Writer of Distinction; and at The Loft in Minneapolis, where she was the Native American Inroads Mentor. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri, a master's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. She is also a past participant of the UND Writers Conference.

Literary
Native Americans
Women's History