American · 1943–2014
Kent Haruf wrote novels about small-town Colorado with spare prose and deep compassion. "Plainsong" was a 1999 National Book Award finalist; "Our Souls at Night" became a Robert Redford film. The American author found in Holt, his fictional town, the material for examining love, loss, and community across multiple books. Haruf died in 2014, leaving a body of work that celebrated ordinary lives.