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(1933-1982) Novelist, medieval scholar. John Gardner was born, and is also buried, in Batavia, New York. He grew up in Alexander, New York. He taught at SUNY Binghamtom, New York.

Full Name

John Gardner

Locations

Broome

Author's Timeline


1933

BIRTH

John Champlin Gardner, Jr. was born in Batavia, New York in 1933.

1966

LITWORK

Resurrection


Novel.

1970

LITWORK

The Wreckage of Agathon


Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Grendel


Fiction.

1972

LITWORK

The Sunlight Dialogues


Novel set in Batavia, New York.

1973

LITWORK

Nickle Mountain


Fiction.

1975

LITWORK

Dragon, Dragon and Other Timeless Tales


Fiction.

1976

LITWORK

October Light


Fiction.

1976

LITWORK

Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales


Fiction.

1977

LITWORK

In the Suicide Mountains


Fiction.

1977

LITWORK

King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales


Fiction.

1978

OTHER

In 1978, Gardner joined the English faculty of the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York.

1981

LITWORK

The King's Indian and Other Fireside Tales


Fiction.

1982

DEATH

John Gardner died near Susquehanna, Pennsylvania in 1982.

1982

INTERMENT

John Gardner is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Batavia, New York.

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