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George Rabasa

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Name
  
George Rabasa


Role
  
Writer

Books
  
Floating kingdom, Miss Entropia and the A, The Wonder Singer, Glass houses, The Cleansing: A Novel

George Rabasa (born December 29, 1941) is an American writer and author of four novels and a short story collection. Rabasa has received such honors as The Loft Career Initiative Grant, The Writer’s Voice Capricorn Award, and two Minnesota Book Awards.

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Background

Rabasa was born December 29, 1941 in Biddeford, Maine. In 1964 he earned a B.A. from the University of the Americas, Mexico D.F./Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, with a double major in English literature and Journalism.

Awards

  • The Loft Literary Center Career Initiative Grant, 2008
  • A BookSense Notable Book Selection, The Cleansing, 2006
  • Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Fellowship, 2001
  • Minnesota Book Award for Novel, Floating Kingdom, 1998
  • Minnesota Book Award for Short Fiction, Glass Houses, 1997
  • The Writers Voice Capricorn Award, Excellence in Fiction, 1992

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