Buechner, (Carl) Frederick

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BUECHNER, (Carl) Frederick

BUECHNER, (Carl) Frederick. American, b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Theology/Religion, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Clergyman, English Master, Lawrenceville School, NJ, 1948-53; Head of Employment Clinic, East Harlem Protestant Parish, NYC, 1954-58; Chairman of Religion Dept., 1958-67, and School Minister, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. Publications: A Long Day's Dying, 1950; The Season's Difference, 1952; The Return of Ansel Gibbs, 1958; The Final Beast, 1965; The Magnificent Defeat (meditations), 1966; The Hungering Dark (meditations), 1969; The Entrance to Porlock, 1970; The Alphabet of Grace (autobiography), 1970; Lion Country, 1971; Open Heart, 1972; Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC, 1973; Love Feast, 1974; The Faces of Jesus, 1974; Telling the Truth, 1977; Treasure Hunt, 1977; Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who's Who, 1979; The Book of Bebb, 1979; Godric, 1980; The Sacred Journey (autobiography), 1982; Now and Then (autobiography), 1983; A Room Called Remember (essays and sermons), 1984; Brendan, 1987; Whistling in the Dark, 1988; The Wizard's Tide, 1990; Telling Secrets (autobiography), 1991; The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction, 1992; The Son of Laughter, 1993; Listening to Your Life, 1996; The Longing for Home: Recollections and Reflections, 1996; On the Road with the Archangel (novel), 1997; The Storm (novel), 1998; The Eyes of the Heart (memoir), 1999; Speak What We Feel, 2001; Beyond Words, 2004. Address: 3572 State Rte 315, Pawlet, VT 05761, U.S.A.

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