Frederick Busch
Date of Birth : Aug 1, 1941
Date of Death : Feb 23, 2006
Frederick Busch was an American writer. Busch was a master of the short story and one of America’s most prolific writers of fiction long and short.
Busch graduated from Muhlenberg College and earned a master's degree from Columbia. He was professor emeritus of literature at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York from 1966 to 2003. He won numerous awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award in 1986 and the PEN/Malamud Award in 1991.
He is the father of actor Benjamin Busch.