Richard Bausch
Author of Peace
About the Author
Richard Bausch was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1945. After serving in the U.S. Air Force as a survival instructor, he entered George Mason University, from which he received a B.A. in 1974. He then earned an M.F.A. degree from the University of Iowa and worked as a singer and comedian while show more writing fiction. He became a professor of English at George Mason University in 1980. His work includes the novels Real Presence, I Don't Care If I Never Get Back, The Last Good Time, Mr. Field's Daughter, and Violence. He has also published two collections of short stories, Spirits and Other Stories and The Fireman's Wife and Other Stories. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Bad S-x in Fiction Award. for his title Before, During, After. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Richard Bausch
What Feels Like the World 1 copy
Associated Works
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Contributor — 495 copies
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 340 copies
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Contributor — 186 copies
The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers (1995) — Contributor — 39 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bausch, Richard
- Birthdate
- 1945-04-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
- Places of residence
- Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Education
- George Mason University (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA | Creative Writing) - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
poet - Relationships
- Bausch, Robert (brother)
- Organizations
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
University of Memphis - Awards and honors
- PEN/Malamud Award (2004)
Hillsdale Award for Fiction (1991)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1993)
Moss Chair of Excellence (English ∙ University of Memphis)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship (show all 7)
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writer’s Award
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Title gives away dark events
Well developed characters live through harrowing events - in their past and during story timeline. Many diverse characters. Twists and turns of plot will keep you guessing about possibilities of how the story will end. Strength and hope of characters keeps it from being too dark. Not recommended if you have been through traumatic violence..
Well developed characters live through harrowing events - in their past and during story timeline. Many diverse characters. Twists and turns of plot will keep you guessing about possibilities of how the story will end. Strength and hope of characters keeps it from being too dark. Not recommended if you have been through traumatic violence..
Title gives away dark events
Well developed characters live through harrowing events - in their past and during story timeline. Many diverse characters. Twists and turns of plot will keep you guessing about possibilities of how the story will end. Strength and hope of characters keeps it from being too dark. Not recommended if you have been through traumatic violence..
Well developed characters live through harrowing events - in their past and during story timeline. Many diverse characters. Twists and turns of plot will keep you guessing about possibilities of how the story will end. Strength and hope of characters keeps it from being too dark. Not recommended if you have been through traumatic violence..
....went totally in an unexpected direction but in perfect sync with the mindset at that defining time in history. Good book.
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