Donald Barthelme

Person · Open Library

Born

7 April 1931

Died

23 July 1989

Works

90

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Film & TV

Writing

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1931

Active to

1989

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

113

Total plays

706

Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme 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 Houst

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers

   · 1984 · cited 33,968x

2. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

   · 1992 · cited 29,119x

3. The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals

   · 2007 · cited 28,955x

4. An Algorithm for Least-Squares Estimation of Nonlinear Parameters

   · 1963 · cited 24,443x

5. The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

   · 1983 · cited 24,121x

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Quotes

• “I am never needlessly obscure—I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure.”
• “It is not true that Kafka wanted Brod to burn his manuscripts after his death. Rather it is the case that Kafka was on fire to be published...rushed to the postbox day after day...ate with editors...intrigued for favorable notices...read the Writer’s Digest...consorted with critics...autographed napkins...made himself available to librarians...spoke on the radio...”
• “Oh, there is nothing better than intelligent conversation except thrashing about in bed with a naked girl and Egmont Light Italic.”
• “His examiner...said severely: "Baskerville, you blank round, discursiveness is not literature." "The aim of literature," Baskerville replied grandly, "is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart."”
• “"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."”
• “[picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING!....[casual passerby:] "Cogito ergo your ass"....”

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