Abraham Rodriguez (novelist)

Abraham Rodriguez Jr. (born in The Bronx, 1960) is a Puerto Rican novelist, short story author and musician who writes in English about the experience of Latinos in the United States.^[1] Although he has been living in Germany since the mid-90s, Rodriguez continues to set his stories in the South Bronx. He is part of the Nuyorican Movement.

As a musician, he is the founding member, guitarist and singer for the Berlin-based punk-rock band Urgent Fury.^[2]

Life

His work has appeared in Story, Best Stories from New Writers, Chattahoochie Review, Alternative Fiction & Poetry, and Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature.

Awards

1993 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, for The Boy Without A Flag
1995 American Book Award, for Spidertown
2000 New York Foundation for the Arts grant
New York State Council of the Arts, literary panel member

Bibliography

The Boy Without A Flag. Milkweed Editions. 1992. ISBN 978-0-915943-74-6.
Spidertown. Penguin Books. 1994. ISBN 978-0-14-023838-9.
The Buddha Book. Macmillan. 2001. ISBN 978-0-312-26299-0.
South by South Bronx. Akashic Books. 2008. ISBN 978-1-933354-56-9.

References

^ "The National Book Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
^ "Band | Urgent Fury". Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-15.

External links

Carmen Dolores Hernández (1997). "Abraham Rodriguez Jr.". Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-95809-1.