Frederick Busch
Frederick Matthew Busch (born August 1, 1941 in Brooklyn , New York City , † February 23, 2006 in Manhattan , New York City) was an American writer.
Life
Frederick Busch studied at Muhlenberg College (1962) in Pennsylvania and then at Colgate University (1967). Busch taught from 1976 to 2003 as "Fairchild Professor of Literature" at Colgate University in Hamilton , New York. He was the initiator of the "Writers 'Workshop" at the University of Iowa and founder of the "Chenango Valley Writers' Conference".
He has been awarded numerous prizes. He wrote a total of 27 books; another should appear in autumn 2006.
Frederick Busch died of a heart attack while staying in Manhattan. Busch was married and the father of two sons.
Awards (selection)
- 1962 Woodrow Wilson Foundation scholarship
- 1981 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1981 Ingram Merrill Foundation scholarship
- 1985 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction from the Jewish Book Council
- 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 the book "Girls: A Novel"
- 1999 "National Book Critics Circle Award", nomination for his book "The Night Inspector"
- 2000 "PEN / Faulkner", nomination for his book "The Night Inspector"
- 2001 admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Works
- I Wanted A Year Without Fall - a novel , Calder & Boyars London 1971
- Hawkes: a guide to his fictions , Syracuse University 1973
- Manual Labor - a novel , New Directions 1974
- Domestic Particulars: a Family Chronicle , New Directions Pub. Co. NY 1976
- Mutual Friend , Harper & Row 1978
- Hardwater Country-stories , Knopf NY 1979
- Rounds , Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1980
- Take This Man , Farrar, Straus and Giroux ", 1981
- Invisible Mending: a novel DR Godine 1984
- Too Late American Boyhood Blues: ten stories , DR Godine 1984
- Sometimes I Live in the Country , DR Godine 1986
- Absent Friends , Knopf NY 1989
- Was Babies , New Directions 1989
- Harry and Catherine , Knopf NY 1990
- Closing Arguments , Ticknor & Fields 1991
- Long Way From Home , Ticknor & Fields 1993
- Children in the Woods: New and Selected Stories Ticknor & Fields 1994
- Girls: A Novel , Harmony Books 1997
- A Dangerous Profession: a book about the writing life , St. Martin's Press 1998
- The Night Inspector , Harmony Books 1999 (German: Der Nachtinspektor , Berlin Verlag 2002)
- A Memory of War , 2003
Web links
- Literature by and about Frederick Busch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Frederick Busch (Engl.)
- Author page of Frederick Busch in the NY Times
- Frederick Busch, Author of Poetic Fiction, Dies at 64 . New York Times , February 25, 2006
- Colgate professor, novelist Frederick Busch dies at age 64 . Colgate University, February 26, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Busch, Frederick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Busch, Frederick Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 2006 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City |