Richard Ford
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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]
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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 |
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.