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Frederic Tuten (born 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He has written five novels – The Adventures of Mao on the Long March (1971), Tallien: A Brief Romance (1988), Tintin in the New World: A Romance (1993), Van Gogh's Bad Café (1997) and The Green Hour (2002) – as well as short stories and essays, many of the latter being about contemporary art. For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... For other uses, see Essay (disambiguation). ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). ... This article is in need of attention. ... For other uses, see Essay (disambiguation). ... This article is in need of attention. ... For other uses, see Essay (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Biography

Born in 1936^[1] in The Bronx, New York City, New York, in the USA, Tuten is the son of a Sicilian mother and a French-Huguenot father. His father left their family when Tuten was young, and though they were never close, his father eventually was a part of Tuten's life before his death. For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... From the 16th to the 18th century the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. ...

Tuten received his undergraduate degree from the City College of New York. After studying pre-Columbian art history at the University of Mexico and travelling through South America writing on Brazilian cinema, he earned a Ph.D. in 19th-century American literature from New York University, concentrating on Melville, Whitman, and James Fenimore Cooper, and taught literature and American cinema in France at the University of Paris VIII.^[2] “City College” redirects here. ... Pre-Columbian art is the art of Central and South America in the time prior to the arrival of European colonizers in the 16th century. ... The library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. ... The cinema of Brazil started in 1930. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. ... Categories: American cinema | Cinema by country ...

Tuten spent 15 years heading the graduate program in creative writing at the City College of New York, which he co-founded. In that capacity, he championed the work of students Walter Mosley, Oscar Hijuelos, Aurelie Sheehan, Salar Abdoh, and many others. He also teaches classes on experimental writing at The New School. He is on the board of advisors for Guernica Magazine and executive editor of "Smyles and Fish" (www.smylesandfish.com). Tuten's short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Fence, Fiction, Granta, The New Review of Literature, and Tri-Quarterly. In 1973, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Writing and in 2001 was given the Award for Distinguished Writing from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.^[2] Walter Mosley Walter Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. ... Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951) is an American novelist. ... The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City, located around Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. ... Guernica: a Magazine of Art and Politics publishes photography, poetry, and fiction from around the world along with nonfiction, including: letters from abroad investigative pieces interviews profiles of artists/writers/musicians or political figures opinion pieces on international affairs and U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy Their stated mission... Fiction is a popular magazine of international imaginative writing. ... This article is about the literary magazine and publisher. ... Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. ... American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ...

Tuten is also a well-known figure within the art world. He has worked as an art and film critic in various venues and often incorporates allusions to these fields in his fiction as well. Tuten was a close personal friend of Roy Lichtenstein and published several essays on his work, as well as catalogue essays for many other artists including John Baldessari, Eric Fischl, R.B. Kitaj, and David Salle. Roy Lichtenstein (27 October 1923–29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being as artificial as possible. // Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 into an upper-middle-class family in... John Baldessari, (b. ... Eric Fischl (born 1948) is an American painter. ... Ronald Brooks Kitaj (October 29, 1932 - October 21, 2007[1]) was an American-born artist who spent much of his life in England. ... David Salle (born 1952 in Norman, Oklahoma) is an American painter. ...

Tuten currently resides in New York City's East Village. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ...

Works

Novels

Tuten's first novel, The Adventures of Mao on the Long March (1971),^[3] a fictionalized account of Chairman Mao's rise to power, is highly experimental in nature. It contains Faulkneresque changes in narrative and lengthy fictional conversations with Mao that read like journalistic interviews. The story first appeared in 1969 in a 39-page condensed form in the magazine Artist Slain. The novel in its entirety was subsequently published by Citadel Press in 1971, and re-released in 2005 by New Directions. The Adventures of Mao on the Long March is Frederic Tutens first published novel. ... Mao redirects here. ... William Cuthbert Faulkner (born William Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. ... New Directions Publishing Corp. ...

The cover of Mao features original artwork by painter Roy Lichtenstein. This is fitting for Tuten whom, in life as in his novels, has a keen interest in artistic criticism (particularly with regard to painting). Tuten himself was actually used as a model for the drawing, which Lichtenstein altered accordingly to resemble Mao. Roy Lichtenstein (27 October 1923–29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being as artificial as possible. // Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 into an upper-middle-class family in...

His next book, Tallien (1988),^[4] is also an interpretive examination of an historical figure, though one not nearly as well known as Mao. Jean Lambert Tallien was a high-ranking figure in the French Revolution, serving as the president of the Constitutional Convention and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. Like Mao, Tallien was a member of the common classes who rose to the upper crust of the revolutionary ranks. Jean Lambert Tallien (1767 - November 16, 1820), was a French Revolutionary and politician. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... This article is about the legislative body and constitutional convention during the French Revolution. ... The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public), set up by the National Convention on April 6, 1793, formed the de facto executive government of France during the Reign of Terror (1793-4) of the French Revolution. ...

Tuten tells the story of Tallien's courtship and marriage to Therese, a condemned member of the French aristocracy. When eyebrows are raised by Tallien's show of clemency, Tuten describes in minute organizational detail the sometimes-banal and sometimes-bloody bureaucratic struggle that ensues. The narrative is intercut with the author's account of his own father's life, demonstrating an illiquid literary mechanism similar to that used in The Adventures of Mao.

Tintin in the New World (1993)^[5] is perhaps Tuten's best known and most critically acclaimed work. The novel's unlikely protagonist is Tintin, the cartoon boy detective created by Belgian comic artist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. Tuten transplants Tintin from his comic book confines into a fleshed out, realistic world with all its wicked, grave and abstruse trappings. Appreciation of the book is enhanced by an acquaintance with Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, the characters of which it uses. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names: Tintin et Milou), a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. The... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Georges Remi Hergé Georges Remi (May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... For other persons named Thomas Mann, see Thomas Mann (disambiguation). ... “Magic Mountain” redirects here. ...

The cover of the novel, like The Adventures of Mao, features a drawing by Roy Lichtenstein, which was created expressly for the novel. Again Lichtenstein makes use of the benday dot technique to depict Tintin and his dog Snowy in a near-miss with a would-be assassin's knife. Behind Tintin hangs the painting Dance (I) by Henri Matisse, which in reality is displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Curiously, Roy Lichtenstein's own rendering of Dance, sans Tintin, hangs in the same museum. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names: Tintin et Milou), a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. The... Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ... This article is about the museum in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

The book went through several print runs, both in the USA and the UK (in Britain, the novel was published by Marion Boyars Publishers, and later Minerva). The novel was also translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Catalan. In 2005, it was re-released by Black Classics Press in the USA, with an introduction by Paul LaFarge. All editions of the book feature the Interior with Painting of Tintin jacket illustration created by Lichtenstein. Marion Boyars Publishers is an independent publishing company located in Great Britain, publishing books that focus on the humanities and social sciences. ... Paul LaFarge, born in New York in 1970, is a Yale graduate and American fiction author. ...

Though Tintin in the New World was received well by critics, some fans of the original Tintin comic were disappointed and, at worst, outraged; they did not consider it to be canonical. There was sometimes an expectation that the book would simply pick up where Hergé had left off, and that the direction taken by Tuten had sullied Tintin's image. Other Tintin fans, however, enjoyed the book, and viewed it not as an extension of Hergé's books but an entirely different representation of Tintin.

Like Mao and Tallien, Tuten's next novel, Van Gogh's Bad Café (1997),^[6] offers an imagined glimpse into the psyche of a historical character, Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The book is also similar to Mao in that the time and place of action and the narrator are inconsistent throughout and change without warning. Van Gogh's Bad Café explores the themes of love and addiction. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The Dutch (Ethnonym: Nederlanders meaning Lowlanders) are the dominant ethnic group[1] of the Netherlands[2]. They are usually seen as a Germanic people. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... van Gogh redirects here. ... The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ...

Tuten's most recent novel, The Green Hour (2002),^[7] is in many ways a departure from the others. The setting is the present day, and the characters are not borrowed from history. Further, it lacks much of the impertinent humor and ethereal feel of his previous works. The story recounts the 30-year love affair between an academic and a spiritual vagabond. Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ...

Several of Frederic Tuten's novels and short stories feature a cat named Nicolino.

Short stories

• "My Autobiography : Portable, with Commentary", Conjunctions 40, Spring 2003.
• "In the Borghese Gardens," The New Review of Literature, Vol. 1, October 2003.
• "The Park Near Marienbad", Conjunctions 42, Spring 2004.
• "Voyagers", Conjunctions 44, Spring 2005.
• "The Park in Winter," "Fence," Vol.8, Summer 2005.
• "The Ship at Anchor", Granta 91, September 2005.

Tuten is currently working on a series of short stories with titles beginning "Self Portrait with..." Some have already been published in various venues: This article is about the literary magazine and publisher. ...

• "Self Portrait with Icebergs", KGB Bar Lit, 2005.
• "Self Portrait with Cheese", "Roy Lichtenstein: Conversations with Surrealism, Exhibtion Catalogue: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, October 2005 Reprinted in Smyles and Fish 1, Fall 2006.
• "Self Portrait with Beach", Mona Kuhn : Evidence, 2007 ISBN 3865213723, Reprinted in "Conjunctions" 48, Spring 2007, and reprinted in Harper's Magazine, August 2007;
• "Self Portrait with Sicily," "Conjunctions," Spring 2008.

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Essays

• "Trova." Arts Mag., XLIII (Dec. 1968 – Jan. 1969), 32–33.
• "Roy Lichtenstein Bronze Sculpture 1976–1989." 65 Thompson Street, 1989.
• "Twenty-Five Years After : The Adventures of Mao on the Long March." Archipelago, 1997.
• "Still Replying to Grandma's Persistent 'And Then?'" Writers on Writing.
• Frederic Tuten / December Guest Editor. Guernica Magazine, 2006. Frederic Tuten comments on fiction from four selected writers whose work he edited for Guernica Magazine.

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Other writings

Tuten has contributed to the following books:

• R.B. Kitaj Pictures. Marlborough Gallery, 1974.
• Roy Lichtenstein: Water Lilies. Richard Gray Gallery, 1992.
• David Salle. Gagosian Gallery, 1999.
• Roy Lichtenstein: Early Black and White Paintings. Gagosian Gallery, 2002.
• Eric Fischl: Paintings And Drawings 1979-2001. Hatje Cantz, 2003. ISBN 3775713794
• John Baldessari. Ecole normale supérieure des beaux-arts, 2005. ISBN 2840562006
• Roy Lichtenstein: Conversations With Surrealism. Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2006. ISBN 0974960748

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Notes

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References

• Tuten, Frederic (2005). Self Portrait with Icebergs. KGBBarLit. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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Further reading

Articles

• Tuten, Frederic (1997), "David Salle : At the Edges", Art in America (F.F. Sherman) 85 (9): 78.
• Tuten, Frederic (May 2005). An Excerpt from Tintin in the New World. Guernica Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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Books

• ([2005?]) An Inventory of the Literary Archive of Frederic Tuten. [Cambridge, Mass.]: Lame Duck Books.

• ([2008]) Les aventures de Mao en Amérique. Véronique Béghain [Paris]: Presses Universitaires de France.