- Howard Buten
Howard Buten (born 1950,
Detroit, Michigan ) is an American author living inFrance . He is also apsychologist , clown, and violin player. He is the author of five novels, the first of which, entitled "When I Was Five I Killed Myself ", was published in 1981.When as a young man Howard Buten encountered his first child with
Autism , he was stunned, exhilarated, and consumed by a single thought: What must it be like to be him? Today, 30 years later, this continues to be the question that has shaped Buten's life's work as a researcher, clinical psychologist, therapist, and founder of a noted clinic for the autistic inParis ,France .He is also a theatrical clown (real clown, graduate of Ringling Bros) with the stage name Buffo, who is quite well known in France. He got his start in theatrics at a very young age, re-enacting scenes from his favorite stories, along with his childhood friends/neighbors.
Buten's first and best known novel, "When I was five I killed myself", is virtually unknown in his homecountry, but has sold more than a million copies in France. He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, an important literary honor, in 1991.
Works
* "When I Was Five I Killed Myself" (also published under the title "Burt") (1981)
* "Le Cœur sous le rouleau compresseur" (1984)
* "Il faudra bien te couvrir..." (1989)
* "C'était mieux avant" (1994)
* "Quand est-ce qu'on arrive?" (2002)
* "Ces enfants qui ne viennent pas d'une autre planète" (2002)
* "Histoire de Rofo, clown" (2002)
* "Through the Glass Wall: Journeys Into the Closed-Off Worlds of the Autistic" (Bantam, 2004)
* "I understand that if not completely satisfied i will be ....
* "Il y a quelqu'un là-dedans
* "Mister Butterfly
* "Buffo par Buten
* "Through the Glass Wall"External links
* [http://www.buffo-buten.com/ Buffo Buten]
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