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Robert Stone (1) [1937–2015]

This page covers the author of Dog Soldiers.

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Robert Stone was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 21, 1937. His parents never married and his father was not part of his life. His mother had schizophrenia and was frequently hospitalized. From the ages of 6 to 10, he lived in an orphanage run by the Marist brothers. In 1954, he dropped out of high school and joined the Navy, where he earned his high school equivalency diploma. In the 1960's, he briefly attended New York University, worked as a copy boy for the New York Daily News, and attended the Wallace Stegner writing workshop at Standford University. His first novel, A Hall of Mirrors, won a William Faulkner Foundation award for best first novel of 1967 and was adapted into a movie entitled WUSA starring Paul Newman. His other books include Children of Light, Outerbridge Reach, Damascus Gate, Bear and His Daughter, Fun with Problems, Bay of Souls, and Death of the Black-Haired Girl. He also wrote a memoir entitled Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. He won numerous awards including the National Book Award in 1975 for Dog Soldier, which was adapted into a movie entitled Who'll Stop the Rain starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld, and a PEN/Faulkner Award for A Flag for Sunrise. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on January 10, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Dog Soldiers… (more)
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The Red Badge of Courage (Introduction, some editions) 10,733 copies, 126 reviews
The Quiet American (Introduction, some editions) 7,809 copies, 178 reviews
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Introduction, some editions) 1,113 copies, 39 reviews
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (Contributor) 465 copies, 1 review
The Stories of Paul Bowles (Introduction, some editions) 389 copies, 4 reviews
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories… (Contributor) 372 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Short Stories 1997 (Contributor) 345 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Essays 2005 (Contributor) 335 copies, 1 review
100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (Contributor) 260 copies, 3 reviews
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (Contributor) 202 copies, 1 review
Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction (Contributor) 183 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Short Stories 1988 (Contributor) 156 copies
The Best American Short Stories of the 80s (Contributor) 155 copies
The Best American Essays 1989 (Contributor) 97 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 1987 (Contributor) 84 copies
Song of Napalm: Poems (Introduction) 52 copies, 2 reviews
The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American… (Contributor) 39 copies
The Best American Magazine Writing 2000 (Contributor) 26 copies
Paths of Resistance: The Art and Craft of the Political Novel (Contributor) 24 copies, 1 review
The Best American Short Stories 1970 (Contributor) 22 copies, 1 review
Open City #25: The Musicians' Issue (Contributor) 10 copies
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Stone, Robert Anthony
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Date of birth
1937-08-21
Date of death
2015-01-10
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Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Place of death
Key West, Florida, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
London, England, UK
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA
Education
New York University
Stanford University (Wallace Stegner workshop)
Occupations
writer
Relationships
Stegner, Wallace (teacher)
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Organizations
U.S. Navy
New York Daily News
Awards and honors
Guggenheim Fellowship
John Dos Passos Prize (1982)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1982)
National Book Award (1975)
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