Richard Ford

Richard Ford was an American writer, novelist and screenwriter (born 1944). He was born at Jackson.

Overview

Born at Jackson in 1944.

Career and activity

His work is associated with dirty realism and Kmart realism.

He was employed by Bowdoin College, Columbia University and University of Mississippi. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of Literature.

Recognition and collections

Richard Ford received Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Prix Femina étranger, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award and Siegfried Lenz Prize.

Catalogued works

42 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1833 to 1911. The first 12 are listed here.

Independence Day. The Lay of the Land. Rock Springs. The Sportswriter. Canada. Let Me Be Frank with You. Women with Men. A Piece of My Heart. The Ultimate Good Luck. Wildlife. Sorry for Your Trouble. Be Mine.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ford, Richard, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Ford, Richard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Ford, Richard (1796–1858), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Richard Ford, Raymond Carver.

In detail

Richard Ford studied at Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis. the recorded working language is American English and English.

The authority associates the name with dirty realism and Kmart realism.

Employment is recorded with Bowdoin College, Columbia University and University of Mississippi. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of Literature.

Works named in the authority record are Wildlife, Rock Springs and Canada.

Distinctions recorded are Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Prix Femina étranger, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Chronology

  1. 1944Richard Ford born at Jackson.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Richard Ford”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q547794: Richard Ford

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