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  1. MILESTONES, Page 44      
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  3.     DIED. Donald Barthelme, 58, innovative journalist and fiction
  4. writer who helped revive the popularity of the short story during
  5. the 1960s; of cancer; in Houston. Specializing in surreal,
  6. collage-like pieces that frequently appeared in the New Yorker,
  7. Barthelme published eight short-story collections (among them, Come
  8. Back, Dr. Caligari and City Life), three novels, a book of parodies
  9. and a children's book, The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, for
  10. which he received a National Book Award in 1972. A fourth novel,
  11. The King, is due to be released next year.