Robert Olmstead

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Robert Olmstead

Robert M. Olmstead (born January 3, 1954 in Westmoreland , New Hampshire ) is an American writer . His work includes four novels, a collection of short stories and his memoirs.

Life

Olmstead graduated from Syracuse University . The Guggenheim Fellow was a lecturer at Dickinson College and Boise State University . He is currently a senior lecturer and director of creative writing at Ohio Wesleyan University .

Olmstead was best known for his civil war novel Der Glanzrappe (2007).

Works

Novels

  • Soft Water (1988), German title: Jagdsaison . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-498-05014-1 . German translation by Klaus Modick.
  • A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go (1990), German title: Traces of Heart's Blood , wherever we go . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-498-05017-6 . German translation: German translation by Jürgen Bauer, Fee Engelmann and Edith Nerke.
  • America by Land (1993), German title: America inland . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-498-05018-4 . German translation by Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
  • Stay Here with Me (1996), German title: Geh nicht weg . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-498-05023-0 . German translation by Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
  • Coal Black Horse (2007), German title: Der Glanzrappe . Eichborn, Frankfurt 2008, The Other Library series , ISBN 978-3-8218-4592-0 . German translation by Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
  • Far bright Star: A Novel . Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2009, ISBN 978-1-56512592-6 .
  • The coldest night . Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61620043-5 .
  • Savage Country . Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2017, ISBN 978-1-61620412-9 .

More literary work

  • River Dogs (1987) Stories

Non-fiction

  • Elements of the Writing Craft (1998)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Marc, Robert Olmstead '77, G'83; Telling Stories , Syracuse University Magazine , Volume 25, Number 2, Summer 2008
  2. ^ Department of English: Robert Olmstead . Ohio Wesleyan University. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  3. ^ Coal Black Horse . Bookmarks Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Olmstead, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olmstead, Robert M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Westmoreland , New Hampshire