Vliet, R. G., 1929-

Poet, novelist, playwright, and short story writer Russell G. Vliet was born in Chicago, on November 4, 1929. He attended Central High School (Class of 1948) in Texas City, Texas, just south of Houston, and attended Southwest Texas State University beginning in the Fall of 1948, where he wrote and acted in his own plays. Although Vliet spent most of his adult life on the East coast, many of his novels, plays, and poems would be set in Texas and would win awards from Texan literary institutions. Russell Gordon Vliet died of lymphoma in North Adams, Massachusetts in May, 1984.

From the description of Russell G. Vliet Papers, 1900-1986. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 48967243

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