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  1. John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.

  2. Sep 10, 2024 · John Gardner was an American novelist and poet whose philosophical fiction reveals his characters’ inner conflicts. Gardner attended Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (A.B., 1955), and the University of Iowa (M.A., 1956; Ph.D., 1958) and then taught at various colleges and universities.

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  3. John Gardner married Margaret Mercer in 1952 and had two children with her, Simon and Alexis. He had another daughter from a long-term relationship with a woman named, Susan Wright. In 1989, while in USA, he was diagnosed with cancer; its treatment cost him a fortune and left him bankrupt.

  4. Grendel is a 1971 novel by the American author John Gardner. [1] It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel . In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an antihero .

  5. A short summary of John Gardner's Grendel. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Grendel.

  6. Sep 14, 2017 · He’s also an editor-at-large and a contributor at The Rumpus. He lives in Kansas City, where he’s writing his first book. The talented teacher and combative critic John Gardner died in the midst of a crucial crisis, leaving his legacy in limbo.

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  8. J ohn Gardner was born on October 8, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, and lived in the then-rural village of Beverly Hills, California. John was only a year old when his father died; his...