Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme Jr. was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of Fiction, and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.

7 April 1931

Born on the same birth date (7 April 1931): Daniel Ellsberg

Born on the same birth day (7 April): Aaron Gray (rugby league) • Babatunde Olatunji • Béla Mavrák • Ed Lafitte • Leif Ove Andsnes • Lilia Osterloh • Mongo Santamaría • Victoria Ocampo

Born in the same month (April 1931): Catherine Tizard • Dan Gurney • Daniel Ellsberg • Jack Clement • James Dickens • John Buchanan (Canadian politician) • Julian Carroll • Kenneth Bloomfield • Leonid Derbenyov • Lonnie Donegan • Malcolm Browne