Robert Olen Butler Writer

Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993.

Personal facts

Robert Olen Butler
Birth dateJanuary 20, 1945
Birth place
Illinois , Granite City Illinois , United States
Nationality
United States

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Writer

Career start1981
influenced by
movement
Magic realism
notable work
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

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Robert Olen Butler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://all-story.com/search.cgi?action=show_author&author_id=68
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=73Ji9BKNo6kC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=%22mother+in+the+trenches%22+butler&source=web&ots=SaRx-EXeWe&sig=MVKdJTkf8v_0fIHoJplq1H7LOiI#PPA19,M1
  3. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE4DA143BF931A25753C1A965948260
  4. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1D9153CF936A2575BC0A9629C8B63
  5. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5D71E39F932A25752C1A967948260
  6. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE3DC1238F93AA35752C0A965948260
  7. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/writers/butler.htm
  8. http://www.delsolpress.org/dsp-fictionprizewinners.htm
  9. http://www.fsu.edu/profiles/butler
  10. http://www.fsu.edu/~butler