Background

Barthelme, Donald was born in 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald and Helen (Bechtold) Barthelme.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Donald Barthelme has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Dead Father (FSG Classics)

    ( The Dead Father is a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, ...)

  • Snow White

    (An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fai...)

  • Flying to America: 45 More Stories

    ( Donald Barthelme was one of the most influential and in...)

  • The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: Or, the Hithering Thithering Djinn

    (Relates Matilda's adventures in the Chinese house that gr...)

  • The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine; or The Hithering Thithering Djinn

    (Relates Matilda's adventures in the Chinese house that gr...)

  • Overnight to Many Distant Cities

    (A collection of 24 short stories.)

  • The Dead Father (#4945)
  • The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: Or- the Hithering Thithering Djinn by Barthelme Donald (1-Jan-1971) Hardcover
  • Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or the Hithering Thithering Idiot
  • Overnight to Many Distant Cities Hardcover - November 22, 1983
  • Dead Father 1st Printing
  • Sadness
  • The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: Or, the Hithering Thithering Djinn by Donald Barthelme (2006-11-16)
  • Sixty Stories (Penguin Classics)
  • The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or the Hithering Dithering Djinn

Membership

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.

Connections

Married Marion Knox, May 26, 1978. Children: Anne, Katharine.

Father:

Donald Barthelme

Mother:

Helen (Bechtold) Barthelme

Spouse:

Marion Knox

child:

Katharine Barthelme

child:

Anne Barthelme