John Ehle

October 1, 2025 - John Marsden Ehle Jr. (December 13, 1925 – March 24, 2018) was an American novelist known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. He has been described as "the father of Appalachian literature". John Ehle was born in Asheville, North Carolina, the oldest ...

March 4, 2025 - Novelist John Ehle has died at age 92. He was the author of 17 books of fiction and nonfiction, including “The Winter People” and “The Journey of the August King.” […]

John Ehle, who worked as special assistant to Gov. Terry Sanford in the 60s, first suggested that North Carolina should have a residential school to train young artists. The prolific and award-winning author died Saturday at age 92.

April 16, 2018 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/obituaries/john-ehle-who-rooted-novels-in-appalachia-is-dead-at-92.html

May 15, 2024 - NCSSM founder John Ehle died on March 24 at the age of 92.

March 27, 2018 - John Ehle, award-winning author and staunch supporter of the arts, has died at age 92.

Writer: Winter People. John Ehle was born on 13 December 1925 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for Winter People (1989), The Journey of August King (1995) and General Electric Theater (1953).

Writer: Winter People. John Ehle was born on 13 December 1925 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for Winter People (1989), The Journey of August King (1995) and General Electric Theater (1953).

August 10, 2022 - John Ehle, author of seventeen books including the classic Land Breakers series, has died at the age of ninety-two.

National Edowment for the Humanities. National Federation for the Arts and Humanities. North Carolina. Governor (1961-1965 : Sanford) North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. North Carolina School of the Arts. Penland School of Crafts. Ehle family. Ehle, John, 1925- Harris, Rosemary.

John Ehle died on March 24th, 2018 at the age of 92 in Winston-Salem (city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States).

John Ehle, a sixth-generation North Carolinian, grew up on land once used as hunting grounds by the Cherokee. He is the author of 14 highly acclaimed works, including The Free Men and Lion on the Hearth....

March 29, 2018 - He was 92.A statement from school Chancellor Lindsay Bierman said Ehle died Saturday at his Winston-Salem home with his wife, actress Rosemary Harris, and daughter Jennifer Ehle at his side.

John Ehle (1925-2018) grew up the eldest of five children in the mountains of North Carolina, which would become the setting for many of his novels and several works of nonfiction.

Referring to Ehle, former governor Terry Sanford stated, “If I were to write a guidebook for new governors, one of my main suggestions would be that he find a novelist and put him on his staff.” · The oldest of five children, John Ehle was raised in Asheville, where his father was an insurance ...

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