Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier.
Born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Conrad Richter was the son, grandson, nephew, and great-nephew of Lutheran clergy-men. He grew up in several central Pennsylvania towns, where he came into contact with any number of pioneer descendants. Their stories became th...
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Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier.
Born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Conrad Richter was the son, grandson, nephew, and great-nephew of Lutheran clergy-men. He grew up in several central Pennsylvania towns, where he came into contact with any number of pioneer descendants. Their stories became the basis for much of Richter's work. He took a job as editor of a local weekly newspaper, the Patton Pennsylvania Courier, when he was nineteen. In 1911 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio and became the private secretary to a wealthy manufacturing family. He subsequently founded a juvenile magazine before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for his wife's health in 1928.
Some of his works, including The Sea of Grass and The Light in the Forest, were later turned into films. The Town, the third installment of his The Awakening Land trilogy, was awarded...
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