Frederick Busch

Frederick Busch ( born August 1, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 23 February 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 was awarded numerous prizes. In all, he wrote 27 books; another should be released in autumn 2006.

Frederick Busch died of a heart attack during a stay in Manhattan. Busch was married and the father of two sons.

Awards (selection)

Works

  • I Wanted A Year Without case - 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
  • Hard Water Country - stories, Knopf NY 1979
  • Rounds, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1980
  • Take This Man, Farrar, Straus and Giroux ", 1981
  • Invisible Mending: a novel D. R. godine 1984
  • Too Late American Boyhood Blues: ten stories, DR godine 1984
  • Sometimes I Live in the Country, D. R. godine 1986
  • Absent Friends, Knopf NY 1989
  • War 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: The Night Inspector, Berlin Verlag 2002 )
  • A Memory of War, 2003
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