What is Frederick Buechner?
{{Infobox writer | name = Frederick Buechner | image = BG-0269.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Frederick Buechner, 2008 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Carl Frederick Buechner | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|7|11}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|08|15|1926|7|11}} | death_place = [[Rupert, Vermont]], U.S. | occupation = Author, Presbyterian minister | education = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [[The Lawrenceville School]] * [[Princeton University]] * [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]] }} | period = | genre = [[Novel]], [[short story]], [[essay]], [[sermon]], [[autobiography]], [[historical fiction]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = {{Plainlist| * ''[[A Long Day's Dying]]'' * ''Secrets in the Dark'' * ''[[Godric (novel)|Godric]]'' * ''[[The Book of Bebb]]'' * ''[[The Sacred Journey]]: A Memoir of Early Days'' * ''[[The Magnificent Defeat]]'' }} | spouse = Judith Buechner | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{Plainlist| * [[O. Henry Award]] * Rosenthal Award * Christianity and Literature Belles Lettres Prize }} | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Carl Frederick Buechner''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|k|n|ər}} {{respell|BEEK|nər}}; July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, [[preacher]], and [[theologian]]. He was an ordained [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] [[minister (Christianity)|minister]].<ref>[http://www.frederickbuechner.com/ About Frederick Buechner]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206182743/http://buechnerinstitute.org/index.php?id=661 |date=February 6, 2016 }} Retrieved on August 3, 2011.</ref> He was best known for his novels, including ''[[A Long Day's Dying]]'', ''[[The Book of Bebb]]'', ''[[Godric (novel)|Godric]]'' and ''[[Brendan (novel)|Brendan]]''. He also became known for his memoirs ''Telling Secrets'' and ''[[The Sacred Journey]]''.