John Dos Passos Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2009) Winner
Robert Bausch
ロバート・バウシュ
Robāto Baushu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-04-18 （Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.）
- Died
- 2018-10-09 （Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.） age 73
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Washington, D.C. area (raised) → Virginia (long-term residence)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, English professor, teacher
- Active Years
- 1975-2018
- Affiliations
- Northern Virginia Community College (faculty), University of Virginia (taught), The American University (taught), Johns Hopkins University (taught), George Mason University (taught), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (taught), Algonkian Writers Conference (instructor), PEN/Faulkner Foundation (board director)
- Memberships
- PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason University | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | English | BA, MA, MFA | — | United States |
George Mason University
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
/ English
Degree:
BA, MA, MFA
Country:
United States
Earned BA, MA and MFA
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dos Passos Prize (in Literature) | — | — | Dos Passos Prize committee | 受賞 |
| — | Fellowship of Southern Writers (award for fiction) | The Gypsy Man | fiction | Fellowship of Southern Writers | 受賞 |
Dos Passos Prize (in Literature)
2009
Organization:
Dos Passos Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Fellowship of Southern Writers (award for fiction)
Work:
The Gypsy Man
Category:
fiction
Organization:
Fellowship of Southern Writers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
On the Way Home
1982 NovelEarly novel exploring family and personal relationships with semi-autobiographical elements.
familycoming of age
The Lives of Riley Chance
1984 NovelFollows the life of Riley Chance to portray American middle-class life.
life changesmiddle-class America
Translations
- Translated into Swedish
Almighty Me!
1991 NovelA comic-tinged novel whose film rights were sold and later connected to a Hollywood movie.
humorcontemporary society
Adaptations
- [Film (rights sold / related)] Bruce Almighty (uncredited relation) / Tom Shadyac (2003)
Translations
- Translated into German
A Hole in the Earth
2000 NovelA family novel inspired by his father; named a New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post Favorite Book.
father and sonfamily bondsloss and reconciliation
The Gypsy Man
2002 NovelA novel with Southern inflections; awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers for fiction (award year not clearly specified in sources).
Southern culturefamily history
Out of Season
2005 NovelPublished in 2005; selected as a Washington Post favorite book of the year.
time and new beginningshuman relationships
The White Rooster and Other Stories
1995 Short story collectionA short-story collection awarded by the Dictionary of Literary Biography as distinguished fiction for 1995.
everyday detailfragments of family
In the Fall They Come Back
2011 NovelPublished 2011; a story touching on teachers and attempts to mend lives.
educationhealing
The Legend of Jesse Smoke
2012 NovelPublished 2012; one of his later works blending local color with legend.
legendlocal community
Far As the Eye Can See
2014 NovelPublished 2014 by Bloomsbury Press; a later novel in his career.
vision and memorymovement
Bibliography
- On the Way Home (1982)
- The Lives of Riley Chance (1984)
- Almighty Me! (1991)
- The White Rooster and Other Stories (short stories, 1995)
- A Hole in the Earth (2000)
- The Gypsy Man (2002)
- Out of Season (2005)
- In the Fall They Come Back (2011)
- The Legend of Jesse Smoke (2012)
- Far As the Eye Can See (2014)
Adaptations
- Film rights to Almighty Me! were sold to Hollywood; the work has been connected (uncredited) to Bruce Almighty
Translations of Works
- The Lives of Riley Chance — translated into Swedish
- Almighty Me! — translated into German
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistcharacter-drivendepicts family and local communities
- Recurring Motifs
- familyfather-son relationshipstwins/brotherssuburban/local communitiesloss and recovery
Legacy
Robert Bausch was acclaimed for character-driven fiction centered on family and local communities, and he was known as a long-time educator. Through novels and short stories he depicted middle-class America and Southern culture; his work left a distinct presence and has peripheral connections to popular culture through film rights.
Academic Societies
- PEN/Faulkner Foundation
- Fellowship of Southern Writers (associated)
In Popular Culture
- Sale of film rights to Almighty Me! and its noted (uncredited) connection to Bruce Almighty
Quotes
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"I tried to put everything my father believed in that book."
Source: Interview/comments regarding A Hole in the Earth (2001) -
"I have been a writer all my life."
Source: Public profiles/interviews
Trivia
- He was the identical twin brother of writer Richard Bausch.
- Worked various jobs: car salesman, taxi driver, waiter, production planner, library assistant.
- Served in the military teaching survival skills.
- Film rights to Almighty Me! were sold, and the work has been linked to Bruce Almighty.
- Taught at colleges and universities from 1975 onward.