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Howard Buten (born 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American author living in France. He is also a psychologist, a clown, and a 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 and turned into a film under its French title ''Quand j'avais cinq ans je m'ai tué'' in 1994. As a young man Howard Buten encountered a child with autism and this sparked a lifelong interest in the disease. He has worked on autism as a researcher, clinical psychologist, therapist, and founder of a clinic for the autistic in Paris, France. He is also a theatrical clown (graduate of Ringling Bros) with the stage name Buffo, who is quite well known in France.〔(''Buffo, Buten & Howard'' ), documentary 2009, Swissfilms, at artfilm.ch〕 He got his start in acting 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 largely unknown in his home country, but has sold more than a million copies in France. He was made Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a prominent literary honor, in 1991. == Works == * ''When I Was Five I Killed Myself'' (also published under the title ''Burt'') (1981) * ' (1984) * ' (1989) * ' (1994) * ' (2002) * ' (2002) * ' (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 .... * ' * ''Mister Butterfly'' * ' * ''Through the Glass Wall'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Buten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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