Conrad Richter's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. The birth-card coordinate for October 13 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Conrad Richter's 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Town.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Town

Conrad Richter is on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for The Town (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1951). Conrad Richter (Q732568, Wikipedia “Conrad Richter”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Conrad Richter is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Conrad Richter: 1951 The Town. Conrad Richter's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1890-10-13 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Conrad Richter, verified against Wikidata P569 1890-10-13 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Conrad Richter is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for October 13 is 9♣. A public death date of October 30, 1968 (1968-10-30) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Conrad Richter. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Richter is the Wikipedia article used for Conrad Richter. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Conrad Richter. It only names the calendar coordinate for October 13 and the Fiction titles already listed for Conrad Richter.

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Conrad Richter was born October 13, 1890 (1890-10-13). Month 10 and day 13 give solar value 22, which is the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1890 is unused, so Conrad Richter's 1890 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Clubs does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Conrad Richter. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Clubs, not a biography of Conrad Richter: You keep the large view without skipping the next practical step. Your thoughts are about humanity, progress, and possibility. You think in big pictures and universal principles. Your mind is oriented toward uplift. Harvested gifts listed for the 9 of Clubs: Visionary thinking and big-picture perspective; Ability to inspire others toward possibility; Universal principles and humanitarian ideals; Natural optimism about human potential. Harvested life-direction line for the 9 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that ideals only matter if they're implemented. You're learning to get your hands dirty, to do the unglamorous work.

Live 9 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Conrad Michael Richter was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel The Town (1950), the last story of his trilogy The Awakening Land about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel The Waters of Kronos won the 1961 National Book Award for Fiction. Two collections of short stories were published posthumously during the 20th century, and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses.

Conrad Richter in the public record

His novel The Town (1950), the last story of his trilogy The Awakening Land about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel The Waters of Kronos won the 1961 National Book Award for Fiction. Two collections of short stories were published posthumously during the 20th century, and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses. Conrad Michael Richter was born in 1890 in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, near Pottsville, to John Absalom Richter, a Lutheran minister, and Charlotte Esther (née Henry) Richter. Coming from a long line of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors, his grandfather, uncle and great-uncle were also Lutheran ministers, and descended from German colonial immigrants. As a child, Richter lived with his family in several small central Pennsylvania mining towns, where he encountered descendants of pioneers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who shared family stories. These inspired him later to write historical fiction set in changing American frontiers. Attending local public schools, Richter finished his formal education when he graduated from high school at age fifteen.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Conrad Richter (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 6 of Diamonds

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Conrad Richter, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

Gift for creating material safety

During this period, he also collected much material from which he created short stories about the Southwest frontier days.

Paired on shared wording: created, material.

Also on the record

1. At the age of 19, Richter started working as an editor of a local weekly newspaper, the Patton, Pennsylvania, Courier.
2. In 1911 Richter relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, and worked as the private secretary to a wealthy manufacturing family.
3. Richter married Harvena Maria Achenbach in 1915.
4. They had their only child, Harvena Richter, in 1917.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Jayne Anne Phillips — 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Night Watch
• Norman Mailer — 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Executioner's Song

FAQ

What is Conrad Richter's birth card?

The 9 of Clubs. October 13 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Conrad Richter's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, novels, character, or fate.

Where do Conrad Richter's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1890-10-13 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Conrad Richter, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list, which cites Pulitzer.org year pages. The Fiction line is 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Town. Pulitzer.org bio date status is unavailable. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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