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Encyclopedia > Conrad Richter

Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968) was an award-winning American of German origin novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...


Born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, he took a job as editor of a local newspaper, the Courier, when he was just nineteen. He subsequently founded a juvenile magazine before moving to New Mexico in 1928. Some of his works, including The Sea of Grass and The Light in the Forest, were later turned into films. The Town, the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951. His 1960 The Waters of Kronos, an autobiographical novel, received the National Book Award. Pine Grove, Pennsylvania may refer to more than one place: Pine Grove, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Perry County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove, Venango County, Pennsylvania Pine Grove Township, Warren County... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq. ... Conrad Richter is an award winning auther. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1959 in literature, other events of 1960, 1961 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The National Book Award is one of the most important literary prizes in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and are presently awarded in each... 

 Smoke over the Prairie

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Conrad Richter by David R. Johnson (1559 words)
But as Richter himself certainly understood, from the beginning there had been another, a different Conrad Richter, one who was intensely attached to his parents and brothers, unhappy whenever his mother was not at home.
This Conrad Richter took pleasure both in the idea of his patrician heritage from his mother's side-the Conrads, early settlers of Pine Grove, and the Henrys, like the Conrads a family of prominent Lutheran clergy-men- and almost equal delight in the idea of his Richter ancestors, generations of shepherds from the Black Forest.
The other Conrad Richter, standing beside the porch, a foot on the first step and his arm resting on his knee, seems less attentive to the event of the photograph or to his alter ego beside him.
Richter_Michael_Conrad_pa (762 words)
Conrad Michael Richter was born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1890.
Richter was a private secretary for two years and then he finally settled down to become a small publisher and to write in earnest.
Richter writes with passion and a certain pattern of violence, in with which he intertwines the pure issues of betrayal and loyalty, all the while in a setting of a fierce struggle over the ownership of the forest.
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