Gordon Friesen
Gordon Friesen (1909 - 1996).
Friesen was born March 3, 1909, in
Russian Mennonite family in Oklahoma, and was also an important early contributor to Mennonite literature. His novel Flamethrowers, which was critical of Mennonite traditions, is regarded as one of the earliest novels by an American Mennonite author about Mennonites.[3]
Friesen and his wife Cunningham were also members of the
folk music revival
group with a shifting membership.
"At its peak, Broadside appeared monthly, but as the folk revival lost momentum, its publication dwindled to bimonthly and ultimately semi-annually by the end of the 1960s. Although its circulation never exceeded four figures, the Friesens kept Broadside afloat until 1988, publishing 187 issues in all."[4]
In 1999, Cunningham published their collaborative memoir, Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography[1]:
In 2000, Smithsonian Folkways Records collected the magazine’s most notable songs on the five-CD box set The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 [2].
He died October 15, 1996.
References
- ^ "Gordon Friesen Biography, Photos, Pictures". www.whyfame.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Dirty Linen Magazine, 2/3-1997, Issue #68, p. 6, In Memoriam, "died October 15th..."
- ^ Brad S. Born (2008). Writing out from the Mennonite family farm: Gordon Friesen's homegrown Grapes of Wrath. Mennonite Quarterly Review.
- ^ "Gordon Friesen Biography, Photos, Pictures". www.whyfame.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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