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(1926-2022) Novelist, writer, poet, Presbyterian minister. Frederick Buechner was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Rupert, Vermont.

Full Name

Frederick Buechner

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1926

BIRTH

Frederick Buechner was born Carl Frederick Buechner in Manhattan, New York, on July 11, 1926.

1950

LITWORK

A Long Day's Dying
Knopf
1121475329 / 978-1121475328
Novel.

1952

LITWORK

The Seasons

1952

LITWORK

The Seasons' Difference
Alfred A. Knopf

Novel.

1953

RESIDENCE

In about 1953, Mr. Buechner moved to New York.

1954

OTHER

Mr. Buechner entered Union Theological Seminary in 1954 and in 1958 earned a divinity baccalaureate.

1958

LITWORK

The Return of Ansel Gibbs
Knopf

Novel.

1965

LITWORK

The Final Beast
Seabury

Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Lion Country
Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
0701117931 / 978-0701117931
Novel, a National Book Award finalist in 1972.

1972

LITWORK

Open Heart
Atheneum
0689104987 / 978-0689104985
Novel.

1974

LITWORK

Love Feast
Scribner
0689106122 / 978-0689106125
Novel.

1977

LITWORK

Treasure Hunt
Atheneum
0689108001 / 978-0689108006
Novel.

1981

LITWORK

Godric
Chatto & Windus Ltd.
0701125640 / 978-0701125646
Novel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1981.

1982

LITWORK

The Sacred Journey
Harpercollins
0060611588 / 978-0060611583
Autobiography.

1983

LITWORK

Now And Then
Harper & Row
0060611618 / 978-0060611613
Autobiography.

1987

LITWORK

Brendan
Atheneum
0689119054 / 978-0689119057
Novel.

1991

LITWORK

Telling Secrets
HarperSanFrancisco
0060611812 / 978-0060611811
Autobiography.

1999

LITWORK

The Eyes of the Heart
HarperOne
0062516388 / 978-0062516381
Autobiography.

2022

DEATH

Frederick Buechner died at his home in Rupert, Vermont, on August 15, 2022.

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