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Robert Bausch | |
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| Born | April 18, 1945 Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 2018 (aged 73) Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | George Mason University (BA, MA, MFA) |
| Genre | Novel |
| Notable awards | Dos Passos Prize |
| Relatives | Richard Bausch |
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Robert Bausch (April 18, 1945 – October 9, 2018)[1][2] was an American fiction writer, the author of nine novels and one collection of short stories. He was a Professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, and he had taught at the University of Virginia, The American University, Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His fourth novel, A Hole in the Earth, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Favorite Book of the Year. He was awarded the Fellowship of Southern Writers' award for fiction for his fifth novel, The Gypsy Man. In 2005 Harcourt published his sixth novel, Out of Season, which was a Washington Post favorite book of the year. His novel Far as the Eye Can See was released by Bloomsbury Press in fall 2014, and in August 2016, Bloomsbury published his last novel, The Legend of Jesse Smoke. In 2009, he was awarded the Dos Passos Prize in Literature. He was the twin brother of the author Richard Bausch.
- ^ "Bausch, Robert (1945–2018)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Matt Schudel (2018-10-13). "Robert Bausch, acclaimed Virginia novelist and teacher, dies at 73". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.