P.F. Kluge | |
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| Born | Paul Frederick Kluge 1942 (age 82–83) New Jersey, U.S. |
| Pen name | P.F. Kluge |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Kenyon College (BA) |
Paul Frederick Kluge (born 1942; pronounced Klew-GEE [1] ) is an American novelist.
Kluge was raised in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, [1] and graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School, where he served as editor of the school paper. [2] He graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier in 1964 and has taught creative writing there. He served in the Peace Corps until 1969 in Micronesia, after receiving a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1967. [2]
He is the author of several novels, including Eddie and the Cruisers, Biggest Elvis: A Novel (1997), A Season for War, MacArthur's Ghost, The Day I Die: A Novel of Suspense, Gone Tomorrow (2008), A Call from Jersey (2010), and The Master Blaster (2012). Kluge's oeuvre has been the subject of an entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography . [3]
Kluge's non-fiction work Alma Mater: A College Homecoming (1995) chronicles Kluge's time as a student and teacher at Kenyon College. The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia (1991) describes Kluge's return to Micronesia and his observations on how the American presence has affected the islands.
Two of Kluge's works have been made into films: Eddie and the Cruisers , based on his novel of the same name, and Dog Day Afternoon , based on a Life magazine article Kluge wrote with Thomas Moore entitled "The Boys in the Bank." [4] [5] [6] [7]