caption death_date death_place birth_place citizenship notableworks name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
gardner in 1977 14 september 1982 susquehanna county , pennsylvania batavia , new york united states '' , '' on moral fiction '' grendel '' , '' the sunlight dialogues '' john gardner 21 july 1933 joan -lrb- 1980-1982 -rrb- louise patterson -lrb- 1953-1980 -rrb- , liz rosenberg john gardner author 1979.jpg john gardner -lrb- american writer -rrb-
 john champlin gardner jr. novelist , essayist , literary critic , professor washington university in st. louis
john gardner -lrb- american writer -rrb-

`` not to be confused with john gardner -lrb- british writer -rrb- '' john champlin gardner jr. -lrb- july 21 , 1933 -- september 14 , 1982 -rrb- was an american novelist , essayist , literary critic and university professor .
he is perhaps most noted for his novel `` grendel '' , a retelling of the beowulf myth from the monster 's point of view .
