Noun
United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
Source: WordNetThe Balloon" is a Donald Barthelme story. ... In a 1996 Salon interview, David [Foster Wallace] told Laura Miller it was "the first story I ever read that made me want to be a writer. Donald Barthelme
In the 1964 publication of Donald Barthelme 's collection of short stories "Come Back, Dr. Caligari", Barthelme wrote "The Joker's Greatest Triumph". Source: Internet
I was introduced to Donald Barthelme in college, in a writing workshop with the novelist Robert Cohen. Source: Internet