Richard Brautigan bibliography explained

See main article: article and Richard Brautigan. This is a list of publications by Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), an American writer known for his poetry, novels, and short stories.

Poetry collections

• Book: The Return of the Rivers. 1957. San Francisco. Inferno Press.
• Book: The Galilee Hitch-Hiker. 1958. San Francisco. White Rabbit Press.
• Book: Lay the Marble Tea. 1959. San Francisco. Carp Press.
• Book: The Octopus Frontier. 1960. San Francisco. Carp Press.
• Book: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace. 1967. The Communication Company. San Francisco.
• Book: Please Plant This Book. 1968. Graham Mackintosh. Santa Barbara.
• Book: The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. 1969. San Francisco. Four Seasons Foundation.
• Book: Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt. 1970. New York. Delacorte Press. 0-385-28863-8.
• Book: Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork. 1976. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-22263-5.
• Book: June 30th, June 30th. 1978. Delacorte Press. New York. 0-385-28495-0.

Novels

Brautigan published nine novels, a tenth was published after his death, and an eleventh remains unpublished.

• Book: A Confederate General from Big Sur. 1965. New York. Grove Press. 0-224-61923-3.
• Book: Trout Fishing in America. 1967. 0-395-50076-1. San Francisco. Four Seasons Foundation.
• Book: In Watermelon Sugar. 1968. 1-131-52372-5. San Francisco. Four Seasons Foundation.
• Book: . 1971. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-20872-1.
• Book: . 1974. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-21809-3.
• Book: . 1975. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-22065-9.
• Book: . 1976. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-22331-3.
• Book: . 1977. New York. Delacorte Press. 0-440-02146-4.
• Book: So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away. 1982. 0-440-08195-5. New York. Delacorte Press.
• Book: . 2000. New York. St. Martins Press. 0-312-26243-4.
  • Written in 1982 and first published, posthumously, in France in 1994, as Cahier d'un Retour de Troie, published by Christian Bourgois.

Unpublished

• Book: The God of the Martians. Unpublished. 1955–1956.

Other collections

• Book: Revenge of the Lawn. 1971. New York. Simon & Schuster. 0-671-20960-4.
  • Collection of short stories.
• Book: The Tokyo-Montana Express. 1980. New York. Delacorte Press. 0-440-08770-8.
  • Collection of short stories.
• The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings
  • Materials Brautigan gave to Edna Webster, including stories and poems, published posthumously.

Other media

• Listening to Richard Brautigan
  • Album recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, intended for the Beatles Zapple Records (1969) but the label was closed down by Allen Klein.

Contributions to other works

In addition to his own published books, Brautigan's writings have appeared in at least 250 other publications.In many cases such a work contained the first appearance of one or more poems or stories. An extensive list of these publications can be found on the Brautigan website maintained by John Barber and Robert Nelson.^[1]

Translations

Starting in 1967, and continuing on through 2023, translations of Brautigan's writings into other language have been undertaken with great regularity. To date, at least 485 such translations have been published, spanning 40 different languages. An extensive list of these works in translation can be found on the Brautigan website maintained by John Barber and Robert Nelson.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Contributions page of the American Dust website..
2. Web site: Bibliography page of the American Dust website..