Barthelme
Americannoun
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Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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his brother Frederick, born 1943, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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His college, however, was filled with such famous authors as Michel Foucault, John Barth, Donald Barthelme and J.M.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
He was the smirking successor of Vonnegut and Barthelme, a big-idea humorist with some postmodern acrobatics tossed in.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
She’s less playful than the minimalist Barthelme, and less liquidly philosophical than Iris Murdoch.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Barthelme found the semicolon “ugly as a tick on a dog’s belly.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
The writings of Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Barthe are not casual reading, for sheer enjoyment or excitement.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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