Frederick Buechner
Carl Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926 in New York City ) is an American author and Reformed theologian and Presbyterian pastor. He wrote 36 books in various fields. He taught creative writing at the Lawrenceville School and many other universities in the USA .
Life
Buechner attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey , which he graduated in 1943. He then studied English at Princeton University in Princeton (New Jersey) , where he made his bachelor's degree in 1947 . From 1944 to 1946 he served in the US Army. From 1948 to 1953 he studied at the Lawrenceville School, where he graduated with a master's degree in English. Then he studied theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he did the BD in 1958. In the same year he was ordained a pastor in the United Presbyterian Church .
In the summers of 1953 and 1954 he was a teacher of creative writing at New York University . 1954 to 1958 he worked as a clinic director for employees of a Protestant parish in East Harlem , New York. 1958 to 1967 he was chairman of the religious department, 1960 to 1967 student pastor at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire .
Buechner was a teacher at various universities, for example in 1969 at the William Belden Noble chair at Harvard University in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , in 1971 at the Russell chair at Tufts University in Medford (Massachusetts) , and in 1976 at the Lyman Beecher chair at Yale Divinity School in New Haven , Connecticut , 1979 at the Harris Chair at Bangor Seminary in Maine , 1981 at the Smyth Chair at Columbia Seminary in New York, 1982 at the Zabriskie Chair at Virginia Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia and in 1990 at the Trinity Institute .
Buechner has become a versatile religious writer, writing in several genres including fiction , autobiography , essays, sermons, and non-fiction. His 36+ books have been translated into 27 languages. Buechner lives in Vermont .
Honors
- 1955: O. Henry Award
- 1959: Rosenthal Award
- 1982: American Academy Award
- 1983: Honorary Doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary
- 1984: Lafayette College , Easton , Pennsylvania
- 1985: Honorary Doctorate from Lehigh University , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- 1988: Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
- 1990: Yale University
- Institute of Arts and Letters
- 2008: Buechner Speaker Series at King College in Bristol , Tennessee. Using Buechner as an example, contemporary overlaps between belief and culture are discovered, examined and also defined.
Frederick Buechner Center
A Frederick Buechner Center was established to share the works of Frederick Buechner with people and churches around the world.
Works
- Bred In The Bone: An Anthology . 1945.
- A Long Day's Dying . 1950.
- The Seasons' Difference . 1952.
- The Return of Ansel Gibbs . 1958.
- The Final Beast . 1965.
- The Magnificent Defeat . 1966.
- The Hungering Dark . 1968.
- The Entrance to Porlock . 1970.
- The Alphabet of Grace . 1970.
- Lion Country . 1971.
- Open heart . 1972.
- Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC . 1973.
- Love Feast . 1974.
- Faces of Jesus: A Life Story . 1974.
- Treasure Hunt . 1977.
- Telling the Truth: The Gospel As Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale . 1977.
- Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who's Who . 1979.
- The Book of Bebb . 1979.
- Godric . 1980.
- The Sacred Journey . 1982.
- Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation . 1983.
- A Room Called Remember . 1984.
- Brendan . 1987.
- Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized . 1988.
- The Wizard's Tide . 1990 (later re-released as The Christmas Tide: A Story . 2005).
- Telling Secrets, a Memoir . 1991.
- The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction . 1992.
- Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner . 1992.
- The Son of Laughter . 1993.
- The Longing for Home: Recollections and Reflections . 1996.
- On the Road With the Archangel . 1997.
- The Storm . 1998.
- The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found . 1999.
- Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say): Reflections on Literature and Faith . 2004.
- Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith . 2004.
- The Christmas Tide: A Story . 2005 (previously published as The Wizard's Tide . 1990).
- Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons . 2006, ISBN 978-0-06-084248-2 .
- The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany . 2008, ISBN 978-0-664-23276-4 .
German translations
- Wishful thinking - a religious ABC , Theological Publishers Zurich (TVZ), Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-290-17427-9
literature
- Marie-Helene Davies. Laughter in a German Town: The Works of Frederick Buechner 1970–1980 . 1983.
- Marjorie Casebriar McCoy. Frederick Buechner: Novelist and Theologian of the Lost and Found . 1988.
- Victoria S. Allen. Listening to Life: Psychology and Spirituality in the Writings of Frederick Buechner . 2002.
- Dale Brown. The Book of Buechner: A Journey Through His Writings . 2006.
Web links
- Literature by and about Frederick Buechner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buechner Institute Biography ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Biographical information on Buechner on biography.jrank.org
- ↑ Biographical information on Buechner on biography.jrank.org
- ↑ http://www.frederickbuechner.com/
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buechner, Frederick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buechner, Carl Frederick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and Reformed theologian and Presbyterian pastor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |