परिचय
जन्म : 1 जुलाई 1949, म्यूनिख, पश्चिमी जर्मनी
भाषा : अँग्रेजीविधाएँ : कहानी, उपन्यास, कविता, नाटकमुख्य कृतियाँ
उपन्यास : Angels, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Already Dead: A California Gothic, The Name of the World, Tree of Smoke, Nobody Move, Train Dreams, The Laughing Monsters
कहानी संग्रह : Jesus' Son, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
कविता संग्रह : The Man Among the Seals: Poems, Inner Weather, The Incognito Lounge, The Veil
नाटक : Hellhound on My Trail: A Drama in Three Parts, Shoppers: Two Plays, Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse
पटकथा : The Prom (directed by Steven Shainberg), Hit Me (directed by Steven Shainberg, adapted from the novel A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson)
सम्मान
National Poetry Series award, The Frost Place poet in residence, Guggenheim Fellowship, Whiting Award, Lannan Fellowship in Fiction, Aga Khan Prize for Fiction from The Paris Review, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
निधन
24 मई 2017, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका