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Name
  
Bruce Dobler

Role
  
Writer

Died
  
2010


Education
  
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Spouse
  
Julieta Barrera (m. 2008), Patricia Dobler (m. 1961–1992)

Books
  
I Made it Myself, The Last Rush North

Bruce Dobler (1939–2010) was an American writer.

Born June 30 in Chicago, Illinois, he earned his BA at the University of Illinois and MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 1969–1970, Dobler was the first "writer-in-residence" at Philips Exeter Academy. Later he taught English Literature and Writing at Windham College, the University of Arizona, and the University of Texas, El Paso. Since 1979 he has taught writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dobler was married to the poet Patricia Dobler (1939–2004). He divorced her in 1992.

On July 4, 2008, he married Julieta (Julie) Barrera. He was found dead in his home in El Paso, TX on August 15, 2010, aged 71.

Works

  • The Last Rush North, novel (Little,Brown, 1976)
  • Ice Pick: A Novel about Life and Death in a Maximum Security Prison, novel (Little,Brown, 1974)
  • I Made It Myself, (Grosset, 1973)
  • References

    Bruce Dobler Wikipedia