Frederick Busch
Frederick Busch (August 1, 1941 – February 23, 2006) was an American writer who published nearly 30 books, including novels and short stories. He was born in Brooklyn and studied at Muhlenberg College (BA, 1962) and Columbia University (MA, 1967).
Busch taught literature at Colgate University from 1966 to 2003 and served as acting director of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1978–79. He and his wife, Judith Burroughs, met at Muhlenberg College in 1962 and married in 1963; they had two sons, Benjamin (an actor) and Nicholas.
He received several awards for his work, including the Harry and Ethel Daroff Award (1985) for Invisible Mending, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award (1986), and the PEN/Malamud Award (1991). Frederick Busch died of a heart attack in Manhattan on February 23, 2006, at age 64.
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