Important Dates
| Awards and Honors | |
|---|---|
| Irene Glascock Prize for Poetry | 1948 |
| O. Henry Award for "The Tiger" | 1955 |
| Rosenthal Award for The Return of Ansel Gibbs | 1959 |
| Fiction Finalist, National Book Award for Lion Country | 1972 |
| Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Godric | 1981 |
| American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters | 1982 |
| Christianity and Literature Belles Lettres Prize | 1987 |
| Critics' Choice Books Award for Fiction for Son of Laughter | 1994 |
- July 11, 1926 born in NYC
- 1936 father commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
- 1937 family moves to Bermuda until evacuation of Americans at beg. of WWII- 1943 graduates Lawrenceville School (NJ)
- 1944-6 serves in army
- 1943-8 attends Princeton University
- 1948 wins Irene Glascock Prize for Poetry; begins work on his first novel, A Long Day’s Dying
- 1948–53 teaches English at Lawrenceville
- 1950 A Long Day’s Dying published
- 1952 The Season’s Difference published
- 1953–55 lives in NYC; lecturer at New York University
| Honorary Doctorates | |
|---|---|
| Virginia Theological Seminary | 1982 |
| Lafayette College | 1984 |
| Lehigh University | 1987 |
| Cornell College | 1989 |
| Yale University | 1990 |
| The University of the South | 1996 |
| Susquehanna University | 1998 |
| Wake Forest University | 2000 |
| King College | 2008 |
- 1954 – 8 enrolled at Union Theological Seminary; also works at Harlem employment clinic
- 1955-6 year off from seminary to write; meets and marries Judith Buechner
- 1955 short story "The Tiger" wins O. Henry Prize
- 1958 publishes The Return of Ansel Gibbs; book receives the Rosenthal award
- June 1, 1958 ordination as an evangelist with B.D. from Union Theological Seminary
- 1958–1960 chaplain and chairman of Dept. of Religion at Phillips Exeter Academy
- 1960-7 school minister and teacher of religion at Phillips Exeter Academy; daughters are born
- 1963-4 sabbatical in VT
- 1965 The Final Beast published
- 1966 first theological work The Magnificent Defeat (collection of school sermons) published
- after 1967 moves with family to Rupert, VT to pursue writing full time
- 1969 second book of sermons, The Hungering Dark, published
- 1969 delivers William Belden Noble Lectures at Harvard
- 1970 Harvard lectures published as The Alphabet of Grace (theological autobiography on a day in his life)
- 1970 The Entrance to Porlock (retelling of The Wizard of Oz) published
- 1971 Lion Country published (first of tetralogy on Leo Bebb); nominated for National Book Award
- 1971 Russell Lecturer at Tufts University
- 1972 Open Heart (second of tetralogy on Leo Bebb) published
- 1974 Love Feast (third of tetralogy on Leo Bebb) published
- 1974 Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC
- 1974 The Faces of Jesus (book of pictures with text by CFB) published
- 1976 Lyman Beecher Lecturer at Yale; lectures published in same year as Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale
- 1977 Treasure Hunt (fourth of tetralogy on Leo Bebb) published
- 1979 The Book of Bebb published
- 1977 Telling the Truth: The Gospel in Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale published
- 1979 Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who’s Who published, with illustrations by daughter Katherine
- 1980 Godric published; Pulitzer Prize finalist
- 1982 D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary; archive established at Wheaton College
- 1982 The Sacred Journey (first volume of autobiography) published
- 1983 Now and Then published (second volume of autobiography)
- 1984 A Room Called Remember: Uncollected Pieces published
- 1985 semester-long teaching position at Wheaton College; offers manuscripts to the college
- 1987 Christianity and Literature Belles Lettres Prize
- 1987 Brendan published
- 1988 Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized published
- 1990 The Wizard’s Tide published (later re-released as The Christmas Tide)
- 1991 Telling Secrets (third volume of autobiography) published
- 1992 Wiersma Lecturer at Calvin College
- 1992 The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction published
- 1992 Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner published
- 1993 The Son of Laughter published
- 1996 The Longing for Home published
- 1997 On the Road with the Archangel published
- 1998 The Storm published
- 1999 The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found (fourth volume of autobiography) published
- 2001 Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say) published
- 2004 Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith published
- 2006 Secrets in the Dark published
- 2008 The Buechner Institute inaugurated at King College
- 2008 The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany published
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