Editing Conrad Richter (section)

{{short description|American novelist}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Conrad Richter
| image         = Conrad Richter.jpg
| birth_name    =  Conrad Michael Richter
| birth_date    = {{birth date|mf=yes|1890|10|13}}
| birth_place   = [[Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Pine Grove, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1968|10|30|1890|10|13}}
| death_place   = [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| occupation    = Novelist
| years_active  = 1924–1968
| known_for     = ''[[The Sea of Grass]]'', ''[[The Light in the Forest]]'', ''[[The Town (1950 novel)|The Town]]'', [[The Awakening Land trilogy|The Awakening Land]]
| spouse        = Harvena Achenbach (died 1972)
| children      = 1
}}
'''Conrad Michael Richter''' (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel ''[[The Town (1950 novel)|The Town]]'' (1950), the last story of his trilogy ''[[The Awakening Land trilogy|The Awakening Land]]'' about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].<ref name=pulitzer/> His novel ''[[The Waters of Kronos]]'' won the 1961 [[National Book Award for Fiction]].<ref name=nba1961/> Two collections of short stories were published [[posthumous book|posthumously]] during the 20th century, and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses.