Background
Barthelme, Donald was born in 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald and Helen (Bechtold) Barthelme.
Barthelme, Donald was born in 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald and Helen (Bechtold) Barthelme.
Entertainment reporter, critic Houston Post, from 1955. Later director Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Distinguished visiting professor English City College of New York, 1974, 75.
Cullen professor English University Houston, 1980's.
( The Dead Father is a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, ...)
(An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fai...)
( Donald Barthelme was one of the most influential and in...)
(Relates Matilda's adventures in the Chinese house that gr...)
With United States Army, 1953-1954. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild, Authors League American, American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters.
Married Marion Knox, May 26, 1978. Children: Anne, Katharine.