Donald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme was an American postmodernist writer known for his experimental short fiction and novels. Born in 1931, he was raised in Houston by a Roman Catholic family, which would later influence his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church in his fiction. He attended the University of Houston and studied journalism, although he never finished his degree and began to work as a journalist. He served as the art director for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. At the same time, he...