Richard Stern (1928–2013)
Author of Other Men's Daughters
About the Author
Richard Gustave Stern was born in New York City on February 25, 1928. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1947, a master's degree from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. After a year teaching at Connecticut College in show more New London, he started teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Chicago in 1955, where he remained until his retirement in 2001. His first novel, Golk, was published in 1960. His other novels include Europe: Or Up and Down with Schreiber and Baggish, Stitch, Natural Shocks, Other Men's Daughters, and A Father's Words. An early story, The Sorrows of Captain Schreiber, won an O. Henry award as one of the best short stories of 1954. His short story collections include Packages, Noble Rot, and Almonds to Zhoof. He also wrote a collection of essays entitled The Books in Fred Hampton's Apartment and a memoir about his older sister entitled A Sistermony. In 1985, he received the Medal of Merit for the Novel, awarded every six years by the Academy of Arts and Letters. He died of cancer on January 24, 2013 at the 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Richard Stern
Les filles des autres 1 copy
Associated Works
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Contributor — 187 copies
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributor — 187 copies
The New Bedside Playboy: A Half Century of Amusement, Diversion & Entertainment (1819) — Foreword — 35 copies
Livros Condensados: Tsunami! | O Presente de Asinus | Daddy | Um Mergulho na Escuridão (1990) — Author — 5 copies
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- Legal name
- Stern, Richard Gustave
- Birthdate
- 1928-02-25
- Date of death
- 2013-01-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Tybee Island, Georgia, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
- Education
- University of North Carolina
Harvard University
University of Iowa - Occupations
- teacher
novelist
short-story writer - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1968)
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- Works
- 28
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 380
- Popularity
- #63,551
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 64
- Languages
- 2