Abraham Rodriguez (novelist) explained

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

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

References

1. Web site: The National Book Foundation . 2009-11-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212000908/http://www.nationalbook.org/arodriguezbio.html . 2009-12-12 .
2. Web site: Band | Urgent Fury . 2015-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150115115438/https://urgentfury85.wordpress.com/band/ . 2015-01-15 .

External links

• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=zMN8PibySHIC&q=Abraham+Rodriguez&pg=PA137. Abraham Rodriguez Jr.. Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers. Carmen Dolores Hernández . Greenwood Publishing Group. 1997. 978-0-275-95809-1 .