Robert Bausch (1945–2018)
Autore di A Hole in the Earth
Sull'Autore
Robert Charles Bausch was born at Fort Benning, Georgia on April 18, 1945. In 1965, he and his twin brother enlisted in the Air Force and served together for four years, teaching survival tactics. He received a bachelor's degree in 1974, a master's degree in English in 1975, and a master of fine mostra altro arts in creative writing in 2001 from George Mason University. He taught at a private school before becoming an instructor at Northern Virginia Community College in 1975. He received a statewide award in 2013 as one of Virginia's leading college professors. His first novel, On the Way Home, was published in 1982. His other novels included A Hole in the Earth, The Gypsy Man, Out of Season, Far as the Eye Can See, The Legend of Jesse Smoke, and In the Fall They Come Back. His novel Almighty Me was adapted into the movie Bruce Almighty. In 2009, he received the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature from Longwood University for his body of work. He died from multiple myeloma October 9, 2018 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) Robert Bausch has a twin brother, Richard Bausch, who is also an author.
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1945-04-18
- Data di morte
- 2018-10-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Stafford, Virginia, USA
- Istruzione
- George Mason University (BA, MA & MFA)
- Attività lavorative
- professor (English)
- Relazioni
- Bausch, Richard (brother)
- Organizzazioni
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2005)
John Dos Passos Prize (2009) - Nota di disambiguazione
- Robert Bausch has a twin brother, Richard Bausch, who is also an author.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 315
- Popolarità
- #74,965
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 11
- ISBN
- 33
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 1
Hale's odyssey is poignant because it brings him across a plethora of people: good, bad; indigenous, intruders; soldiers, warriors. And all this in an era where America wars to tame the west. Bausch's prose is powerful, his narrative flowing. By the end, we truly flinch when Bobby witnesses the mutilation of one Native American by several others.
I thoroughly enjoyed 'Far as the Eye can See.' Not your typical classic western but neither is it irredeemable.… (altro)