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Author photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-117696

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-117696

Conrad Richter (1890–1968)

Author of The Light in the Forest

Includes the names: Conard Richter, Conrad Richter

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Canonical name
Richter, Conrad
Legal name
Richter, Conrad Michael
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Date of birth
1890-10-13
Date of death
1968-10-30
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death
Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence
Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, USA (birth)
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA (death)
Education
Occupations
journalist
novelist
short-story writer
Relationships
Richter, Harvena (daughter)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1961)
Awards and honors
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1959)
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Short biography
Conrad Richter wrote with great sensitivity and lyricism of life along the American frontier, including the native Americans.
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