Conrad Richter date of birth:
October 13, 1890
How old was Conrad Richter when died?
78
Where was Conrad Richter born?
Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
When did Conrad Richter die?
October 30, 1968
What is Conrad Richter nationality?
American
What is Conrad Richter's occupation?
Novelist
Short Biography
Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel The Town (1950), the last story of his trilogy The Awakening Land about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel The Waters of Kronos won the 1961 National Book Award for Fiction. Two collections of short stories were published posthumously during the 20th century, and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses.