Английская Википедия:Frederick Busch
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Frederick Busch (August 1, 1941 – February 23, 2006) was an American writer who authored nearly thirty books, including volumes of short stories and novels.[1]
Early life and education
Busch[2] was born in Brooklyn, New York City on August 1, 1941. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1962, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in 1967.[1] Busch and his wife lived briefly in Greenwich Village, where they scraped by until Busch got a job teaching at Colgate University in 1966.[3]
Career
Academia
Busch was professor of literature at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, from 1966 to 2003.[1] He also served as acting director of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1978–79.[2]
Writing
Busch had more than 30 books published in his lifetime. He won numerous awards, including the Harry and Ethel Daroff Award in 1985 for Invisible Mending;[4] the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award in 1986; and the PEN/Malamud Award in 1991.[1]
Personal life
Busch met his future wife, Judith Burroughs, in Allentown, Pennsylvania while attending Muhlenberg College in 1962.[3] They married in 1963.[1]
Busch and his wife had two sons, Benjamin and Nicholas. Benjamin Busch is an acclaimed actor. In 1995, Nicholas Busch graduated from Muhlenberg College.[1]
Death
On February 23, 2006, Busch died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York City, aged 64.[1]
Honours and awards
- 1962: Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
- 1981: Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation
- 1981: Fellowship Ingram Merrill Foundation
- 1985: National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, Jewish Book Council[4]
- 1986: American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award
- 1991: PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction
- 1997: New York Times Notable Book for "Girls: A Novel"
- 1999: National Book Critics Circle Award Nomination for The Night Inspector[5]
- 2000: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist, for "The Night Inspector[5]
Bibliography
Novels
- I Wanted A Year Without Fall - a novel, London: Calder & Boyars, 1971
- Manual Labor - a novel, New York: New Directions, 1974
- Domestic Particulars: a Family Chronicle, New Directions, 1976
- Mutual Friend, New York: Harper & Row, 1978
- Rounds, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980
- Take This Man, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1981)
- Invisible Mending: a novel, David R. Godine, 1984
- Sometimes I Live in the Country, David R. Godine 1986
- War Babies, New Directions, 1989
- Harry and Catherine, Knopf, 1990
- Closing Arguments, Ticknor & Fields, 1991
- Long Way From Home, Ticknor & Fields, 1993
- Girls: A Novel, Harmony Books, 1997
- The Night Inspector, Harmony Books (1999)
- A Memory of War, W. W. Norton & Co (2003)
- North: A Novel, W. W. Norton & Co (2005) (sequel to Girls)
Short story collections
- Breathing Trouble and Other Stories, London: Calder and Boyars (1973)
- Hardwater Country - stories, New York: Knopf (1979)
- Too Late American Boyhood Blues: ten stories, David R. Godine (1984)
- Absent Friends, NY: Knopf (1989)
- Children in the Woods: New and Selected Stories, Ticknor & Fields (1994)
- Don't Tell Anyone: Short Stories and a Novella, W. W. Norton & Co (2000)
- Rescue Missions, W. W. Norton & Co (2006)
- The Stories of Frederick Busch, W. W. Norton & Co (2013)
Non-fiction
- Hawkes: A Guide to his Fictions, Syracuse University Press (1973)
- A Dangerous Profession: A Book about the Writing Life, St. Martin's Press (1998)
- Letters to a Fiction Writer, edited by Frederick Busch; W. W. Norton & Co (1999)
References
External links
- Donald J. and Ellen Greiner collection of Frederick Busch at the University of South Carolina Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
- Interview with Frederick Busch
- featured author page at The New York Times
- "Frederick Busch, Author of Poetic Fiction, Dies at 64", The New York Times, February 25, 2006
- "Colgate professor, novelist Frederick Busch dies at age 64", Colgate University, February 26, 2006
- "A Writer’s Writer: A Eulogy for Frederick Busch", Lost Writers, March 12, 2007
- "Stealth Maneuvers: The Stories of Frederick Busch", The New York Times Book Review, December 29, 2013
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