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Donald Barthelme
American writer, editor, and professor.
Born April 7th, 1931 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1989 at 58 years old in Houston (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Occupations
children's writer, journalist, novelist, philosopher, reporter, writer
Wikipedia
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks