Frederick Buechner (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Carl Frederick Buechner (BEEK-nur) was born to Carl Frederick and Katherine Buechner, who moved the family many times during his childhood. When Buechner was ten years old, his father committed suicide, an event that contributed to making him a rather bookish, brooding, even clinical observer of human life. Buechner completed his secondary education at the exclusive Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1943, and after three years in the military he completed his B.A. in English at Princeton University. During his senior year at Princeton, Buechner conceived and wrote his first novel,...
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