Frederic Tuten (b. 1936, Bronx, NY) is a celebrated novelist, essayist, and visual artist. He studied at the Art Students League, City College of New York, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico prior to receiving a Ph.D. in 19th-century American literature from New York University. Tuten’s visual art has been the subject of solo exhibitions: Sweet Dreams, Central Fine, Miami Beach (2024); Victory, Central Fine, Miami Beach (2022); In the Fullness of Life, Harper’s Apartment, New York (2022); Works on Cardboard, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY (2021); and Flowers, Plants, and Other Romances, Planthouse Gallery, New York (2019). On a Terrace in Tangier—Works on Cardboard, a book of Tuten’s drawings and short stories, was published in 2022 by König Books and KMEC Books, with an interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Over the course of Tuten’s long literary career, he published five novels and three books of short stories, including Tallien: A Brief Romance (1988); The Bar at Twilight (2022); The Adventures of Mao on the Long March (1971), and Tintin in the New World: A Romance (1993), both of which feature original cover art designed by Roy Lichtenstein; and recently, a memoir, My Young Life (2019). His short-form writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Artforum, New York Times, and Vogue. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Award for Distinguished Writing from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, four Pushcart Prizes, and an O’Henry Prize. Tuten lives and works in New York City and Southampton, NY.
