Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1991) Winner
Rick Rofihe
リック・ロフィヘ
Rikku Rofihe
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950-01-01 （Bridgewater, Nova Scotia）
- Nationality
- Canada, United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nova Scotia → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, editor, fiction-writing teacher
- Active Years
- 1971-2023
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Canada Council | — | — | Canada Council | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1991
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Canada Council
Organization:
Canada Council
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Father Must
1991 short storiesThese surgically precise slices of intelligent life are distinguished by virtuosic phrase-making and fetchingly off-beat specifics.
quirky tendernessminor epiphanies
Boys who Do the Bop
2023 short storiesBibliography
- Fresh Grease: New Writing from the Maritimes
- Gushy & Gooey and other stuff from the kids of Nova Skotia
- Such a neat idea, Nova Scotia people, poems and stories
- Father Must
- Boys who Do the Bop
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- virtuosic phrase-makingfetchingly off-beat specificscontour almost without mass
Legacy
Canadian-American short story writer whose work appeared in The New Yorker and other publications.
Quotes
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These surgically precise slices of intelligent life are distinguished by virtuosic phrase-making and fetchingly off-beat specifics.
Source: The New York Times Book Review (1991) -
Mr. Rofihe can be surprisingly effective, with a quirky tenderness. Oddly touching, the interest here lies not in the stories’ mundane incidents, but in things barely hinted at.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (1991)
Trivia
- Founded the literary journal Anderbo.
- Judged the annual RRofihe Trophy short-story contest for Open City Magazine & Books.