This article is about the American author. For other people, see Richard Ford (disambiguation).
Richard Ford
Ford in 2013
Born
(1944-02-16) February 16, 1944 (age 80) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist, short story writer
Nationality
American
Education
Michigan State University (BA) University of California, Irvine (MFA)
Period
1976–present
Genre
Literary fiction
Literary movement
Minimalism Dirty realism
Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story author, and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.[1]
Ford's first collection of short stories, Rock Springs, was published in 1987.[2][3]
In the United States, Ford received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day. In Spain, he won the Princess of Asturias Award for 2016. In 2018, Ford received the Park Kyong-ni Prize, an international literary award from South Korea.
His novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, and in 2023 Ford published Be Mine, his fifth work of fiction chronicling the life of Frank Bascombe.
^Sansom, Ian (June 15, 2023). "The heroic last stand of an all-American everyman". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^Lyons, Bonnie (1996-01-01). "Richard Ford, The Art of Fiction No. 147". Paris Review. No. 140. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
^"Love and Truth: Use With Caution". archive.nytimes.com. New York Times (September 20, 1987), Sunday, Late City Final Edition; Section 7; Page 1, Column 3; Book Review Desk
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