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Biografia. Principalmente noto come autore di racconti di stile postmodernista, che giocano esplorando i territori dell'assurdo con una vena surreale, scrisse anche quattro romanzi: Snow White, The Dead Father, Paradise e The King.
Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced BAR-thəl-mee or BAR-təl-mee; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction.
Donald Barthelme (born April 7, 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 23, 1989, Houston, Texas) was an American short-story writer known for his modernist “collages,” which are marked by technical experimentation and a kind of melancholy gaiety.
Narratore americano, nato a Philadelphia il 7 aprile 1931; è stato anche giornalista, direttore di riviste letterarie, direttore di gallerie d'arte, professore universitario, organizzatore culturale; con la sua narrativa, tra lo humour e l'assurdo, egli è al centro della più recente scena culturale americana.
About Donald Barthelme: Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968) apparently collects sometimes surrealistic stories of modern life of American writer...
Donald Barthelme, Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Library. Asked for his biography, Donald Barthelme said, “I don’t think it would sustain a person’s attention for a moment.” He was born, in Philadelphia, deep in the deep Depression (1931) and raised from it in Houston, Texas.
7 apr 2014 · Postmodernist icon Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931–July 23, 1989) was not only one of the most innovative and memorable voices in twentieth-century fiction, known for his seemingly plotless verbal-collage narratives, but also a writer with a special sensitivity to language and an exceptional ability to articulate its magic.
