# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-barthelme
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:26:13.105Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-barthelme"
name: "Donald Barthelme"
slug: "donald-barthelme"
description: "Donald Barthelme Jr. was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of Fiction, and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program."
tagline: "American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-04-07"
deathDate: "1989-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump