PEN/Malamud Award (PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1991) Winner
Frederick Busch
フレデリック・ブッシュ
Furederikku Busshu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-08-01 （Brooklyn, New York City）
- Died
- 2006-02-23 （Manhattan, New York City） age 64
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York City → Greenwich Village, New York City → Hamilton, New York (Colgate University)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor of literature
- Active Years
- 1971-2006
- Affiliations
- Colgate University, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
- Nominations
- 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award nomination for The Night Inspector, 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist for The Night Inspector
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg College | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | Master of Arts | — | United States |
Muhlenberg College
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
Master of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | National Jewish Book Award | Invisible Mending | Fiction | Jewish Book Council | Winner |
| 1986 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Winner |
| 1991 | PEN/Malamud Award | — | Excellence in Short Fiction | PEN America | Winner |
National Jewish Book Award
1985
Work:
Invisible Mending
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
Winner
American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award
1986
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
Winner
PEN/Malamud Award
1991
Category:
Excellence in Short Fiction
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Girls
1997 NovelA novel about the loss of a daughter.
lossfamily
The Night Inspector
1999 NovelNorth
2005 NovelSequel to Girls.
Bibliography
- I Wanted A Year Without Fall (1971)
- Manual Labor (1974)
- Domestic Particulars (1976)
- Mutual Friend (1978)
- Rounds (1980)
- Take This Man (1981)
- Invisible Mending (1984)
- Sometimes I Live in the Country (1986)
- War Babies (1989)
- Harry and Catherine (1990)
- Closing Arguments (1991)
- Long Way From Home (1993)
- Girls (1997)
- The Night Inspector (1999)
- A Memory of War (2003)
- North (2005)
- Breathing Trouble and Other Stories (1973)
- Hardwater Country (1979)
- Too Late American Boyhood Blues (1984)
- Absent Friends (1989)
- Children in the Woods (1994)
- Don't Tell Anyone (2000)
- Rescue Missions (2006)
- Hawkes: A Guide to his Fictions (1973)
- A Dangerous Profession (1998)
- Letters to a Fiction Writer (1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic fictionwriter's writer
Health
-
heart attack2006cause of death
Legacy
An American writer and professor of literature at Colgate University who authored nearly thirty books of fiction and nonfiction. Known as a 'writer's writer,' he received awards including the PEN/Malamud Award.
Archives
- University of South Carolina Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
In Popular Culture
- His son Benjamin Busch is an acclaimed actor.
Trivia
- Married Judith Burroughs in 1963.
- Father of Benjamin Busch (actor) and Nicholas Busch.