Richard Ford Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, DOB(Famous Birthday), Family, Wife, Famous Books, Net Worth

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Richard Ford (Richard )

Last Updated: 08 May, 2024 | Views: 219

Age: 80

Profession: Writer

Other Profession(s): Author, NoveList

Famous For: The Novel The Sportswriter And Its Sequels

Higher Education: Graduated

Richard Ford Birth Date, Sign, Religion, Nationality, Hometown

Date of Birth

16 Feb, 1944 (80 Years 06 Months 23 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Mississippi

Birth District

Jackson

Birth Sign

Aquarius

Religion

Christianity

Nationalities

American

Richard Ford Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Richard Ford was born on February 16, 1944. What he’s known for are his American novels and short stories. A collection of some of his widely anthologized work is called Rock Springs. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 with Independence Day. His story Wildlife which later became a film made its debut in 2018. And lastly, the Park Kyong-ni Prize was awarded to him that same year.
Richard Ford Career:
• Richard Ford published his first novel, A Piece of My Heart, about two unlikely drifters who cross paths on an island in the Mississippi River in 1976, and his second novel, The Ultimate Good Luck, in 1981.

• Richard Ford published Independence Day in 1995, a sequel to The Sportswriter featuring Frank Bascombe, the protagonist.

• Richard Ford also won the Rea Award for the Short Story, honoring outstanding achievements in that genre.

• The author concluded the 1990s with the publication of Women With Men in 1997, which was well received. He was called a "master" of short stories by the Paris Review.
Richard Ford Later Life And Writings:
• His third novel, The Lay Of The Land, was published in 2006, followed by Canada in May 2012. His next story collection, A Multitude of Sins (2002), was published in 2006.

• In 2020, Ford published Sorry For Your Trouble, a collection of short stories. The publication of his novel, Be Mine, is scheduled for 2023. This is Ford's fifth book in the Bascombe series and presumably his last.
Richard Ford Awards:
1995: Rea Award
1996: PEN/Faulkner Award | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2001: PEN/Malamud Award
2005: St. Louis Literary Award
2008: Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement
Richard Ford Unknown Facts:
Richard Ford had a pretty normal job, working as a journalist for the New York Times, but he found his passion in writing and editing. This background no doubt played a part in his amazing novels. In his early years Richard Ford was rather interested in writing. He got involved with it when he won a scholarship to join the creative writing program at The University of Michigan.

Richard Ford Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, DOB(Famous Birthday), Family, Wife, Famous Books, Net Worth

Richard Ford (Richard )

Richard Ford Birth Date, Sign, Religion, Nationality, Hometown