Robert Hellenga (1941–2020)

Robert Hellenga received a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan in 1963 and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University in 1969. After graduation, he taught English literature at Knox College. He has written several novels including The Sixteen Pleasures, The Fall of a toon meer Sparrow, Philosophy Made Simple, and Snakewoman of Little Egypt. Hellenga was one of 12 writers selected to participate in the first Illinois Arts Council Statewide Reading Series in 1991. Some of his other awards include the 1988 PEN Syndicated Fiction award, the National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship in 1989, the Illinois Arts Council Artist's grant in 1990, and the Society of Midland Authors 1995 Award for Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder