Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction, 2003 Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame, 1996 Porter Prize for Literary Excellence, 1987 References External links Author-endorsed Website (not currently maintained) Biography and interview by Edwin T. (Chip) Arnold Biographical article at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture "America's Undiscovered Continent" — article on his life and work "Wry Stories and Word Music" — article on themes, techniques, and cultural background "Donald Harington, Ozark Surrealist, Dies at 73"—NY Times obituary "Donald Harington obituary"—From the Guardian 1935 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists University of Arkansas alumni Boston University alumni University of Arkansas faculty Deaf writers Writers from Little Rock, Arkansas Deaths from pneumonia in Arkansas American deaf people 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers