Richard Yates

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human novel novelist short story collection short story writer

Richard Yates was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his bleak, incisive portrayals of mid-20th-century suburban disillusionment, particularly in his novel "Revolutionary Road."

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Richard Yates canonical	16
Richard Yates (novelist)	1

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countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
describedAs	bleak ⓘ incisive ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	literary fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ
hasWrittenForm	novel ⓘ short story ⓘ
influenced	later American realist writers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainTheme	marital conflict ⓘ suburban disillusionment ⓘ
movement	postwar American literature ⓘ realism ⓘ
notableWork	A Special Providence ⓘ Disturbing the Peace ⓘ Eleven Kinds of Loneliness ⓘ Liars in Love ⓘ Revolutionary Road ⓘ The Easter Parade ⓘ
occupation	novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
workFocus	existential despair ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ mid-20th-century American life ⓘ suburban disillusionment ⓘ

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F. Scott Fitzgerald → influenced → Richard Yates ⓘ

Revolutionary Road → authorOfSourceWork → Richard Yates ⓘ

Blake Bailey → hasWrittenAbout → Richard Yates ⓘ