Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca. September 14, 1984) was a 20th century American writer. His novels and stories often have to do with black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism. He is probably best known for his 1967 novel, Trout Fishing in America.
Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington to Bernard Frederick Brautigan, Jr. (July 29, 1909 – May 27, 1994) a factory worker, laborer, and World War II veteran and Lulu Mary "Mary Lo...
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Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca. September 14, 1984) was a 20th century American writer. His novels and stories often have to do with black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism. He is probably best known for his 1967 novel, Trout Fishing in America.
Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington to Bernard Frederick Brautigan, Jr. (July 29, 1909 – May 27, 1994) a factory worker, laborer, and World War II veteran and Lulu Mary "Mary Lou" Keho (April 7, 1911 – September 24, 2005) who was a waitress. His father abandoned Mary Lou seven months before Richard was born. Brautigan said that he met his biological father only twice, though after Brautigan's death Bernard Brautigan was said to be unaware that Richard was his child, saying "He's got the same last name, but why would they wait 45 to 50 years to tell me I've got a son."
In 1938, Brautigan and his mother began cohabiting with a man named Arthur Martin Titland. Mary Lou and Titland had a daughter together out of wedlock...
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