Richard P. Brickner

Richard P. Brickner (May 14, 1933 – May 12, 2006) was an American novelist, memoirist and critic.[1]

Richard P. Brickner
Born(1933-05-14)May 14, 1933
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 2006(2006-05-12) (aged 72)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMiddlebury College
Columbia University (BA)
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • editor
  • critic
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1983)

Biography

Brickner was born in Manhattan on May 14, 1933. He attended Middlebury College from 1951 to 1953, when a traffic accident left him paralyzed. He resumed his education at Columbia University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1957.[1][2]

Brickner's first novel, The Broken Year (1962), was a fictional account of his injury, and was adapted as an episode of Alcoa Premiere.[1] His other works included the novels Bringing Down the House (1971), Tickets (1981), After She Left (1988) and the memoir My Second Twenty Years: An Unexpected Life (1976).[1][3]

Brickner was also an editor of Doubleday, taught at the New School for Social Research and at City College of New York, and a contributor to The New York Review of Books.[1]

He was the recipient of a 1983 Guggenheim Fellowship.[4] He also received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.[5]

Brickner died at 72 on May 12, 2006, in Manhattan.[1]

References
  1. Fox, Margalit (2006-05-21). "Richard P. Brickner, Novelist and Memoirist, Is Dead at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  3. "Books of The Times". The New York Times. 1976-09-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  4. Marx, Alex. "Richard P. Brickner". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  5. "Literature Fellowships". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
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