death_place death_date years_active birth_place children nationality birth_date known_for spouse article_title occupation death_cause
pottsville , pennsylvania , u.s. 30 october 1968 1924 -- 1968 pine grove , pennsylvania , u.s. harvena richter american 13 october 1890 '' light in the forest '' , '' the town '' the , the awakening land sea of grass '' , '' the harvena maria achenbach conrad richter
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conrad richter

conrad michael richter -lrb- october 13 , 1890 -- october 30 , 1968 -rrb- was an american novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the american frontier in various periods .
his novel `` the town '' -lrb- 1950 -rrb- , the last story of his trilogy `` the awakening land '' about the ohio frontier , won the 1951 pulitzer prize for fiction .
his novel `` the waters of kronos '' won the 1961 national book award for fiction .
two collections of short stories were published posthumously during the 20th century , and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses .
