Name Raymond Abbott Language English Role Novelist | Period 1979– Awards Whiting Awards | |
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Born Raymond Herbert Abbott April 21, 1942 (age 82) Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States ( 1942-04-21 ) Notable awards Whiting Award1985 FictionNational Endowment for the Arts (1979) Books That Day in Gordon, Black Hills Summer, My Life Among the Indians |
Raymond Abbott (born April 21, 1942) is an American novelist.
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Biography
Raymond Herbert Abbott was born in Newburyport, April 21, 1942. He was the son of Myron E., a ship worker, and Evelyn (Foley). He was educated at the University of Massachusetts in 1965 with a B.A. and University of Kentucky graduate studies, 1967–68. He is a member of the Authors Guild. He currently resides in Louisville, KY.
He volunteered at Rosebud Indian Reservation in 1965–66, then community development director in Transitional Housing Program for Sioux tribe at Rosebud, 1966–67. After that, he became an elementary schoolteacher in Lost Creek, KY, 1967–68, followed by being a social worker for the city of Louisville, KY, 1967–68. He then became a social worker in Massachusetts: Pittsfield (1969–70), South End, 1970–73, and finally Newburyport, (1973–).
Awards
Works
He also is contributes to North American Review, Blue Cloud Quarterly, and Phoenix.
Criticism
Quotes
"Much of my inspiration ... for my first three novels came from living for several years on a Sioux reservation in South Dakota.... My interest is to become a good story teller."