{"name": "John Gardner", "personal_name": "Gardner, John", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "2470610", "wikidata": "Q1381985", "isni": "0000000121178201", "imdb": "nm0306991", "lc_naf": "n79056152", "opac_sbn": "CFIV117039"}, "death_date": "1982", "birth_date": "1933", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "key": "/authors/OL242980A", "photos": [15112538], "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view."}, "alternate_names": ["John Champlin Gardner Jr.", "Gardner, John, 1933-1982", "\u05d2\u05d0\u05e8\u05d3\u05e0\u05e8, \u05d2\u05f3\u05d5\u05df, 1933\u05be1982", "Gardner, John Champlin, 1933-1982", "Gardner, Dzhon, 1933-1982"], "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-10T23:15:36.390802"}}