Education
Busch graduated from Muhlenberg College and earned a master"s degree from Columbia.
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- Works
book
- Invisible Mending: A Novel (Book by Busch, Frederick)
- Take This Man
- Breathing Trouble and Other Stories
- Closing Arguments by Frederick Busch (1993-02-10)
- Domestic Particulars: A Family Chronicle (Book by BUSCH, Frederick)
- LONG WAY FROM HOME.
- War Babies by F Busch (1990-01-24)
- Closing Arguments by Frederick Busch (1991-08-21)
- BREATHING TROUBLE.
- North: A Novel (A taut, dark, psychological page-turner from the best-sel...)
- Breathing Trouble (No markings. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully int...)
- Harry and Catherine: A Love Story ("For years Frederick Busch has been at work on one o...)
- Sometimes I Live in the Country (Book by Busch, Frederick)
- The Night Inspector (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Frederick Busch
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Career
Busch was a master of the short story and one of America"s most prolific writers of fiction long and short. He was professor emeritus of literature at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York from 1966 to 2003. He is the father of actor Benjamin Busch.
1962 Fellowship Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
Achievements
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1962 Fellowship Woodrow Wilson Foundation 1981 Fellowship Guggenheim Foundation 1981 Fellowship Ingram Merrill Foundation 1985 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, Jewish Book Council 1986 American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award 1991 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction 1997 New York Times Notable Book for "Girls: A Novel" 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award Nomination for "The Night Inspector" 2000 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist, for "The Night Inspector".
Works
book
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Harry and Catherine: A Love Story
( "For years Frederick Busch has been at work on one of t...)
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North: A Novel
( A taut, dark, psychological page-turner from the best-s...)
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Invisible Mending: A Novel
(Book by Busch, Frederick)
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Domestic Particulars: A Family Chronicle
(Book by BUSCH, Frederick)
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Sometimes I Live in the Country
(Book by Busch, Frederick)
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Breathing Trouble
(No markings. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully int...)
- Take This Man
- Breathing Trouble and Other Stories
- Closing Arguments by Frederick Busch (1993-02-10)
- LONG WAY FROM HOME.
- War Babies by F Busch (1990-01-24)
- Closing Arguments by Frederick Busch (1991-08-21)
- BREATHING TROUBLE.
- The Night Inspector (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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Harry and Catherine: A Love Story
Other Work
Membership
American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Born
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Died
February 23, 2006 (aged 64) -
Nationality
United States
Education
Awards
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Guggenheim Fellowship; PEN/Malamud Award PEN/Malamud Award; National Jewish Book Award; PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; Letters Fiction Award; National Book Critics Circle Award
The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.; The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.; The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.