Rick DeMarinis

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Rick DeMarinis (* 1934 in New York City ; † June 12, 2019 in Montana ) was an American author of novels, non-fiction and short stories.

Life

Rick DeMarinis has taught creative writing at the University of Texas at El Paso, as well as at San Diego State University , the University of Montana - Missoula, and Arizona State University .

Three of his novels have now been translated into German. In addition, collections of his short stories are available, which have already appeared in magazines such as Esquire or GQ . Furthermore, a non-fiction book on the subject of short stories was published , in which five of his short stories are also printed.

Works (excerpt)

  • 1975 A lovely monster: the adventures of Claude Rains and Dr. Tellenbeck: a novel
  • 1977 Scimitar
  • 1986 The Burning Women of Far Cry
  • 1989 The Year of the Zinc Penny .
  • 1991 The coming triumph of the free world: stories (short stories)
  • 1994 The Mortician's Apprentice
  • 2000 Borrowed Hearts: New and Selected Stories (short stories)
  • 2001 A Clod of Wayward Marl
  • 2007 Kaputt in El Paso ( 2003: A Sky Full of Sand ). Pulp Master, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-927734-36-4 .
  • 2008 The Art & Craft of the Short Story (non-fiction book).
  • 2010 Mama's Boy .
  • 2012 Götterdämmerung in El Paso ( Virgin in the Woodworks ), Pulp Master, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-927734-44-9 .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Whitesitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service: Rick Demarinis Obituary - Whitesitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ http://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/rick-demarinis.html Perlentaucher website, accessed on December 2, 2012
  3. ↑ http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n2/fiction/demarinis_r/index.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.krimi-couch.de/krimis/rick-demarinis.html
personal data
SURNAME DeMarinis, Rick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2019
Place of death Montana