George Rabasa Explained

George Rabasa
Birth Name:	George Anthony Rabasa
Birth Date:	29 December 1941
Birth Place:	Biddeford, Maine, U.S.

George Anthony Rabasa^[1] (; 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,^[2] The Writer's Voice Capricorn Award,^[3] and two Minnesota Book Awards.^{[4] [5]}

Background

Rabasa was born December 29, 1941, in Biddeford, Maine, to Catalan refugees.^{[6] [7]} He was raised in Mexico City.^[8]

He currently lives in the state of Minnesota.

Partial bibliography

Novels

• The Wonder Singer (Unbridled Books, 2008)
• The Cleansing (The Permanent Press, 2006)^[9]
• Floating Kingdom (Coffee House Press, 1997)^[10]

Short stories

• Glass Houses (Coffee House Press, 1996).

Anthologies

• “Family Lines”, A Ghost at Heart's Edge, North Atlantic Books, 1999.
• “Jimmy Pearl's Blue Oyster”, 26 Minnesota Writers, Nodin Press, 1995.

Journals

• “Yolanda by Day”, American Literary Review, 2003.^[11]
• “Fallen Coconuts and Dead Fish”, Green Hills, 2003.
• “Ask Señor Totol”, Hayden’s Ferry Review, 2002–2003.^[12]
• “Hay Soos Saves”, North Dakota Quarterly, 2002.^[13]
• “For the Solitary Soul”, South Carolina Review, 2001.^[14]
• “Three Incidents in the Early Life of El Perro”, Atlanta Review, 2001.
• “The Beautiful Wife”, Glimmer Train Stories, 1995.^[15]

Awards

• The Loft Literary Center Career Initiative Grant, 2008^[2]
• A BookSense Notable Book Selection, The Cleansing, 2006^[16]
• Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Fellowship, 2001^[17]
• Minnesota Book Award for Novel, Floating Kingdom, 1998^[5]
• Minnesota Book Award for Short Fiction, Glass Houses, 1997^[4]
• The Writers Voice Capricorn Award, Excellence in Fiction, 1992^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Culver grads . May 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200508221849/http://www.culvergrads.com/base/alumni/alumni.aspx?id=307 . 2020-05-08 . live.
2. Web site: 2009 Minnesota Writers Career Initiative Program. The Loft Literary Center . March 13, 2010.
3. Web site: Author Profile: George Rabasa. June 26, 2009 . bookreporter.com. The Book Report . March 13, 2010.
4. Web site: Past Finalists and Winners - 1997 . Minnesota Book Awards . The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library . March 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215113836/http://www.thefriends.org/mba_winners_1997.html . 2010-02-15 . dead.
5. Web site: Past Finalists and Winners - 1998 . Minnesota Book Awards . The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library . March 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215115829/http://www.thefriends.org/mba_winners_1998.html . 2010-02-15 . dead.
6. Web site: Catalan Tomato Bread (Pa Amb Tomàquet) . The Book Club CookBook . 20 March 2015 . May 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180518134756/http://bookclubcookbook.com/354/ . 2018-05-18 . live.
7. Web site: George Rabasa's borders . . May 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922155802/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/08/08/rabasa . 2016-09-22 . live.
8. Web site: George Rabasa's website . May 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913230849/http://www.georgerabasa.com/ . 2019-09-13 . live.
9. Web site: THE CLEANSING . Kirkus Reviews . 2021-12-12 . en.
10. Web site: FLOATING KINGDOM . Kirkus Reviews . 2021-12-12 . en.
11. Web site: Past issues . American Literary Review . March 13, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113143405/http://www.engl.unt.edu/alr/past_issues.html . January 13, 2010 .
12. Web site: Hayden's Ferry Review -- Issue 35 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328080956/http://www.asu.edu/clas/pipercwcenter/publications/haydensferryreview/index.html . 2010-03-28 . March 13, 2010 . Arizona State University.
13. http://www.und.edu/org/ndq/
14. Rabasa. George. Spring 2001. South Carolina Review. "". Clemson University. Clemson, South Carolina. 33. 2.
15. Web site: A Recipe for Illusion: Memory, Imagination, Research. Rabasa. George. August 1, 2009 . Glimmer Train Stories. Glimmer Train Press . March 13, 2010 .
16. Web site: Bookselling This Week: The August Book Sense Picks & Notables Preview. July 2006. news.bookweb.org. American Booksellers Association. March 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820124659/http://news.bookweb.org/booksense/4530.html. August 20, 2008. dead.
17. Web site: 17 Minnesota Artists Awarded $136,000 in Poetry and Prose Fellowships . https://web.archive.org/web/20030116230405/http://www.arts.state.mn.us/news_pub/news/nr0112.html. January 16, 2003 . Minnesota State Arts Board . March 13, 2010 . dead.