Richard George Farina

Mr. Farina grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School.

Mr. Farina earned an academic scholarship to Cornell University where he started as an Engineering major. Later he switched to English. While at Cornell he published short stories for some of the local literary magazines as well as for "The Transatlantic Review"and "Mademoiselle." Mr. Farina dropped out just before graduation in 1959. While at Cornell he bacame close friends of Thomas Pynchon.

Mr. Farina lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.

Richard George Farina was born March 8, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York.

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
Random House
1131287584 / 978-1131287584
Novel.

Richard Farina died in a motorcycle accident in Carmel Valley, California, on April 30, 1966.

Richard Farina was interred at Monterey City Cemetery, Monterey, Monterey County, California.

Long Time Coming And A Long Time Gone
New York: Random House
0394433963 / 978-0394433967
Short fiction and nonfiction.