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John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
- United States
- Susan Thornton
John Gardner was an American novelist and poet whose philosophical fiction reveals his characters’ inner conflicts. Gardner attended Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (A.B., 1955), and the University of Iowa (M.A., 1956; Ph.D., 1958) and then taught at various colleges and universities.
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John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English spy and thriller novelist, best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also for his series of Boysie Oakes books and three continuation novels containing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional villain, Professor Moriarty.
- British
- Margaret Mercer, (1952–1997, her death)
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Feb 22, 2004 · Gardner was the best selling author of a half-dozen novels including Nickel Mountain, Grendel, The Sunlight Dialogues and October Light -- as well as a scholar of Medieval literature, and a...
John Gardner, a prolific and original American novelist, discusses his work, influences, and views on various genres and topics in this interview. He covers his novels, poetry, criticism, teaching, and his philosophy of fiction as a way of exploring the human condition.
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John Champlin Gardner was a well-known and controversial American novelist and university professor, best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth. Gardner was born in Batavia, New York. His father was a lay preacher and dairy farmer, and his mother taught English at a local school.
John Gardner was an American writer who published thirty-five volumes in various genres, including novels, poetry, and criticism. He is best known for his postmodernist novel Grendel, which reimagines Beowulf from the monster's perspective, and his controversial manifesto On Moral Fiction.
