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Donald Barthelme

1931 - 1989

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Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced BAR-thəl-mee; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of Fiction (with Mark Mirsky and the assistance of Max and Marianne Frisch), and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Barthelme is the 3,794th most popular writer (down from 3,536th in 2019), the 5,476th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,538th in 2019) and the 436th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Donald Barthelme ranks 3,794 out of 7,302. Before him are Cao Yu, Gunter d'Alquen, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Auguste Barbier, and Merab Kostava. After him are Peter Mayle, Anton Delvig, Irakli Abashidze, Marianne Moore, Laurens van der Post, and Ari Behn.

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Among people born in 1931, Donald Barthelme ranks 280. Before him are Lowell Weicker, Walter Burkert, Moira Orfei, Joseph Joffo, Peter Armbruster, and André Noyelle. After him are Hennadiy Udovenko, Ivan Dziuba, Bruno Mattei, Nicole Courcel, Vlastimil Bubník, and Kyōko Kagawa. Among people deceased in 1989, Donald Barthelme ranks 163. Before him are Kazimierz Sabbat, José López Rega, Inji Aflatoun, Clyde Geronimi, Luiz Gonzaga, and Merab Kostava. After him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Nikolai Grinko, Halina Konopacka, Arsenie Boca, Veniamin Kaverin, and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Barthelme ranks 5,476 out of 20,380. Before him are Sanford B. Dole (1844), Berry Berenson (1948), James Farentino (1938), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Stephanie Seymour (1968), and Michael Imperioli (1966). After him are John Munro Longyear (1850), Don Alden Adams (1925), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Mort Shuman (1938), Bonnie Aarons (1979), and Martin Ferrero (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Donald Barthelme ranks 436. Before him are Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), and Murray Leinster (1896). After him are Marianne Moore (1887), Bill Bryson (1951), Zoe Akins (1886), Sara Teasdale (1884), Delia Owens (1949), and Greg Bear (1951).

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