(April 7, 1931 - July 23, 1989) was an American author of short fiction and novels. He also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961-1962), co-founder of Fiction (with Mark Mirsky and the assistance of Max and Marianne Frisch), and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of The University of Houston Creative Writing Program, a graduate fiction and poetry program which offers MFA and PhD degrees in writing.
Barthelme's Works
Come Back, Dr. Caligari (short stories) 1964
Snow White (novel) 1967
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (short stories) 1968
City Life (short stories) 1970
The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or the Hithering Thithering Djinn
(juvenilia) 1971
Sadness (short stories) 1972
Guilty Pleasures (satire) 1974
The Dead Father (novel) 1975
Amateurs (short stories0 1976
Sixty Stories (short stories) 1981
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (short stories) 1983
Paradise (novel) 1986
Sam's Bar (novel) 1987
Forty Stories (short stories) 1987
The King (novel) 1990
The Teachings of Don B.: The Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme (satire, fables, short stories, and dramas) 1992
Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews of Donald Barthelme (essays) 1997
