Background
Dufresne, John Louis was born on January 30, 1948 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard Vincent and Doris Maud (Berard) Dufresne.
( A favorite novel by “a generous and lyric storyteller” ...)
A favorite novel by “a generous and lyric storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters. Billy Wayne is the sole survivor of his oddball line of marginal folk. When he acquires a priestly vocation it seems likely he will be the last Fontana, until hearing a young woman’s confession propels him into an impulsive marriage.
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( Written with a truly original fiction voice, John Dufre...)
Written with a truly original fiction voice, John Dufresne's powerful debut collection of stories is filled with quirky characters in hours of crisis and flashes of humor in moments of dark despair. A Louisiana farmer sees the images of Christ appear on the freezer door and questions the meaning of faith. In a Maine resort town, Miss Langevin, a spinster who could write a book on disappointment, now gets a chance to help another woman escape it. And in the title story, a science teacher's modest dreams and painful memories erode his existence like water entering stone. As an observer of secrets in these and other offbeat lives, John Dufresne crisscrosses the eastern United States like a contemporary Dos Passos, hearing familiar voices, letting them meander through his unique imagination, then spinning them out in stories rich with irony, braced by melancholy, and based on truth.
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Dufresne, John Louis was born on January 30, 1948 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard Vincent and Doris Maud (Berard) Dufresne.
He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984.
He is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program of the English Department at Florida International University. The cinematographer, Jack Anderson, has a long list of Hollywood credits. After being selected for several other festivals, it was featured at Saugatuck, Michigan"s 2006 Waterfront Film Festival.
His play, Trailerville premiered at The Blue Heron Theatre Office-Office-Broadway in 2005.
In the summer of 2007, Grand Valley State University produced another film for which Dufresne is the screenwriter, To Live and Die In Dixie. The cinematographer is Jack Anderson and the film director is Harper Philbin.
The film was released in 2008.
( Written with a truly original fiction voice, John Dufre...)
( Written with a truly original fiction voice, John Dufre...)
( A favorite novel by “a generous and lyric storyteller” ...)
(Illustrated by Dina Knapp. One of 26 limited edition sign...)
Member Modern Language Association, National Writers Union, National Council Teachers English, Author's Guild, Associated Writing Programs.
Married Marilyn Marie Virbasius, April 30, 1971 (divorced October 1978). Married Cynthia Claire Chinelly, May 18, 1985. 1 child, Tristan.