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  1. Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced BAR-thəl-mee or BAR-təl-mee; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction.

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    • 1961–1989
  2. Apr 3, 2024 · Donald Barthelme (born April 7, 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 23, 1989, Houston, Texas) was an American short-story writer known for his modernist “collages,” which are marked by technical experimentation and a kind of melancholy gaiety.

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  3. Oct 18, 2021 · Decades after his premature death—in 1989 at the age of 58 —Donald Barthelme might be the one indisputably minor American short story writer of the last century who remains a pleasure to read...

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  5. Jul 24, 1989 · Donald Barthelme, a short story writer and novelist whose minimalist style placed him among the leading innovative writers of modern fiction, died of cancer yesterday in Houston at the...

  6. Apr 7, 2014 · Postmodernist icon Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931–July 23, 1989) was not only one of the most innovative and memorable voices in twentieth-century fiction, known for his seemingly plotless verbal-collage narratives, but also a writer with a special sensitivity to language and an exceptional ability to articulate its magic.

  7. Aug 16, 2021 · Story of the Week. Donald Barthelme, “The School” April 7, 2022. Interviews. “You’re not reading your grandfather’s short story”— Charles McGrath on the fiction of Donald Barthelme. August 16, 2021. Major works: Come Back, Dr. Caligari • Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts • Overnight to Many Distant Cities.

  8. Donald Barthelme (Author of Sixty Stories) Donald Barthelmes Followers (719) Born. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States. April 07, 1931. Died. July 23, 1989. Website. http://www.jessamyn.com/barth/ Genre. Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction. Influences. François Rabelais, Heinrich von Kleist, Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka, ...more.

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