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John Gardner


(John Champlin Gardner)
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John Gardner (1933-82) was an American academic, a scholar of mediaeval literature, and writer who incorporated fantasy elements in many of his stories and novels, most notably in GRENDEL, JASON AND MEDEA, FREDDY'S BOOK and IN THE SUICIDE MOUNTAINS. Gardner was eclectic and prolific; he also wrote children's books, libretti, academic and non-fiction and plays.
 

Awards: NBCC (1976)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The Old Men (1959)
   The Resurrection (1966)
   The Wreckage of Agathon (1970)
   Grendel (1971)
   The Sunlight Dialogues (1972)
   Nickel Mountain (1973)
   Jason and Medeia (1973)
   October Light (1976)
   Freddy's Book (1980)
   The Temptation Game (1980)
   Mickelsson's Ghosts (1982)
   Stillness and Shadows (1986)
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Collections
   The King's Indian (1974)
   Dragon, Dragon (1975)
   Gudgekin the Thistle Girl (1976)
   A Child's Bestiary (poems) (1977)
   In the Suicide Mountains (1977)
   The King of the Hummingbirds (1977)
   Poems (poems) (1978)
   The Art of Living (1981)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by John Gardner
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The Literary Ghost (1991)
Great Contemporary Ghost Stories
edited by
Larry Dark

Awards
1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction : October Light

Award nominations
1972 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Grendel


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