Abraham Rodriguez
Encyclopedia
Abraham Rodriguez Jr. is a Puerto Rican
novelist and short story author who writes in English about the experience of Latinos
in the United States
. 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
.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
novelist and short story author who writes in English about the experience of Latinos
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
in the United States
United States
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. 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
Nuyorican Movement
The Nuyorican Movement is a cultural and intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call themselves or are known as Nuyoricans...
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Life
His work has appeared in Story, Best Stories from New Writers, Chattahoochie Review, and Alternative Fiction & Poetry.Awards
- 1993 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, for The Boy Without A Flag
- 1995 American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
, for Spidertown - 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts grant
- New York State Council of the Arts, literary panel member