Stephen Dobyns

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Stephen Dobyns (born February 19, 1941 in Orange , New Jersey ) is an American writer .

Life

Stephen Dobyns grew up in New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia and Pennsylvania, studied at Shimer College in Chicago and Wayne State University in Detroit, and received his MFA degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1967 .

Dobyns has published numerous novels and volumes of poetry since the early 1970s, including a number of detective novels about the private detective Charlie Bradshaw, all of which are based in the small town of Saratoga Springs in New York State, which has become famous for its racecourse .

Stephen Dobyns has taught literature at various universities and lives in Westerly , Rhode Island .

Works

prose

  • A Man of Little Evils (detective novel, 1973)
  • Dancer With One Leg (Novel, 1983)
  • Cold Dog Soup (novel, 1985)
  • A Boat Off the Coast (detective novel, 1987)
  • The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini (detective novel, 1988)
    • The two deaths of Señora Puccini, German by Bernhard Schmid; Goldmann, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-442-42017-2
  • The House on Alexandrine (Novel, 1990)
  • After Shocks / Near Escapes (novel, 1991)
  • The Wrestler's Cruel Study (novel, 1993)
  • The Church of Dead Girls (detective novel, 1997)
    • The Church of the Dead Girls, German by Rainer Schmidt; Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1998. ISBN 3-8105-0438-6
  • Boy in the Water (detective novel, 1999)
  • Eating Naked (Short Stories, 2000)
  • The Burn Palace (detective novel, 2013)
    • The Festival of the Snakes, German by Rainer Schmidt; Bertelsmann, Munich 2013. ISBN 3-570-10154-1
  • Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? (Novel, 2015)

The Charlie Bradshaw series

  • Saratoga Longshot (1976)
    • Sam's trap, German by Gabriele L. Ulrich-Hunter; Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-596-14547-3
  • Saratoga Swimmer (1981)
    • Ackerman's grave, German by Rainer Schmidt; Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-596-14790-5
  • Saratoga Headhunter (1985)
    • Jimmys Fehler, German by Rainer Schmidt; Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2001. ISBN 3-596-14858-8
  • Saratoga Snapper (1986)
  • Saratoga Bestiary (1988)
  • Saratoga Hexameter (1990)
  • Saratoga Haunting (1993)
  • Saratoga Backtalk (1994)
  • Saratoga Fleshpot (1995)
  • Saratoga Strongbox (1998)

Poetry

  • Concurring Beasts (1972)
  • Griffon: Poems (1976)
  • Heat Death (1980)
  • The Balthus Poems (1982)
  • Black Dog, Red Dog (1984)
  • Cemetery Nights (1987)
  • Body Traffic (1990)
  • Velocities: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1992 (1994)
  • Common Carnage (1996)
  • Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides (1999)
  • The Porcupine's Kisses (2002)
  • Mystery, So Long (2005)
  • Winter's Journey (2010)

Non-fiction

  • Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry (1996)
  • Next Word, Better Word: The Craft of Writing Poetry (2011)

Film adaptations

  • Cold Dog (adaptation of Cold Dog Soup , USA 1990 - Ger. To hell with the heavenly dog , director: Alan Metter)
  • Two Deaths (adaptation of The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini , Great Britain 1995, directed by Nicolas Roeg )
  • Doggy Bag (film adaptation of Cold Dog Soup , France 1999, directed by Frédéric Comtet)
  • Wild Turkey (based on a short story, USA short film 2003, director: Leo Age)

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personal data
SURNAME Dobyns, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Orange (New Jersey)