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Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road , was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award , while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness , brought comparisons to James Joyce .
Before writing Richard Yates, Lin sold 10 percent shares of its royalties for $2,000 each. Expressing a desire to focus solely on the book without needing to maintain an income for living expenses, Lin said, "I actually will work better on my second novel, the way the novel is right now, if I have no obligations or responsibilities at all."
Revolutionary Road is the debut novel by the American author Richard Yates.It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer.When published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and The New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted ... a remarkable and deeply troubling book."
A Special Providence is a novel by the American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1969, Yates' third book concerns the dual exploits of an awkward infantry soldier in World War II and his mother, a deluded sculptor living in New York City .
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a collection of short stories written by Richard Yates from 1951 to 1961. All of the stories also appeared in the posthumously released Richard Yates, The Collected Stories (2004), which includes other stories.
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Disturbing the Peace is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1975, Yates's fourth book concerns the psychological breakdown and subsequent institutionalization of an alcoholic salesman. Semi-autobiographical, the novel was dismissed by critics as his weakest book.
Richard Yates (January 18, 1815 – November 27, 1873) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th Governor of Illinois from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. He also represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855 and the United States Senate from 1865 to 1871.