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): Artemis Gounaki • Duncan Armstrong • Humza Yousaf • Jo Appleby • Kelli Young • Kim Kap-soo • Marco Delvecchio • Otto II, Duke of Bavaria • Walter Winchell

Born in the same month (April 1931): Abdelhamid Kermali • Bill Miles • Frank Auerbach • Jack Le Goff • John Barrett (tennis) • John Buchanan (Canadian politician) • Jon Stone • Keith Hitchins • Kishori Amonkar • Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931) • Lonnie Donegan • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby • Paul Masnick • Ram Dass • Tomas Tranströmer • Walter Stewart (journalist)