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Jan 30, 1935 Tacoma, Washington, United States Died on 14 Sep 1984 (aged 49)
American novelist, poet, and short story writer
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About Richard Brautigan
- Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca.
- September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer.
- His work often clinically and surrealistically employs black comedy, parody, and satire, with emotionally blunt prose describing pastoral American life intertwining with technological progress.
- He is best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America (1967) and In Watermelon Sugar (1968). Brautigan began his career as a poet, with his first collection being published in 1957.
- He made his debut as a novelist with A Confederate General from Big Sur (1964), about a seemingly delusional man who believes himself to be the descendant of a Confederate general.
- Brautigan would go on to publish numerous prose and poetry collections until 1982.
- He committed suicide in 1984.
