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'''Richard Bausch''' (born April 18, 1945)<ref>''Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary''. Editors: Flora, Joseph M., Vogel. ''LSU Press''; 1st edition 21 June 2006) p.21</ref> is an American ] and short story writer,<ref name=post>{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Carol|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42949-2003Nov14?language=printer|title=Off the Page: Richard Bausch|date=20 November 2003|work=Washington Post|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> and Professor in the Writing Program of Wilkinson College of the Arts & Humanities at Chapman University in Orange, California.<ref name=dayton/> Bausch was born in 1945 in ], ].<ref name=papers /> He is the ] brother of author ]. Bausch previously lived in ] and in ].<ref name=dayton/> '''Richard Bausch''' (born April 18, 1945)<ref>''Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary''. Editors: Flora, Joseph M., Vogel. ''LSU Press''; 1st edition 21 June 2006) p.21</ref> is an American ] and short story writer,<ref name=post>{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Carol|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42949-2003Nov14?language=printer|title=Off the Page: Richard Bausch|date=20 November 2003|work=Washington Post|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California.<ref name=dayton/> Bausch was born in 1945 in ], ].<ref name=papers /> He previously lived in ] and in ].<ref name=dayton/>
He has written twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume of poetry and prose.<ref name=kennedy>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/01/peace-richard-bausch-book-review|title=Peace by Richard Bausch|last=Kennedy|first=AL|date=1 August 2009|work=The Guardian|accessdate=29 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref> He has written twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume of poetry and prose.<ref name=kennedy>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/01/peace-richard-bausch-book-review|title=Peace by Richard Bausch|last=Kennedy|first=AL|date=1 August 2009|work=The Guardian|accessdate=29 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref>


Bausch holds a ] from ], and an ] from the ] at the ].<ref name=papers/> He has taught English and Creative Writing at George Mason University and other institutions since 1980.<ref name=atlantic/> He was previously Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University; and Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writing Program at The University of Memphis.<ref name=atlantic/> Bausch holds a ] from ], and an ] from the ] at the ].<ref name=papers/> in 2005 he joined R.V. Cassill, to bring out the Sixth Edition of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Since Cassill's passing, he has been sole editor of that anthology, bringing out the Seventh and Eighth Editions.


== Early life and education == == Early life and education ==
Bausch was born in 1945 in ], ].<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/bausch/ |title=Preliminary Inventory of the Richard Bausch Papers, 1965-1998 and undated|last=Shumate|first=Michael|author2=Lisa Stark |date=1 October 1999|publisher=Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> He is the ] brother of author ]. Bausch was born in 1945 in ], ].<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/bausch/ |title=Preliminary Inventory of the Richard Bausch Papers, 1965-1998 and undated|last=Shumate|first=Michael|author2=Lisa Stark |date=1 October 1999|publisher=Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> He is the ] brother of author ].


He served in the ] between 1966–1969, then toured the Midwest and South playing guitar and singing in a rock band, and writing poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/national/homecoming/authorbios/bausch.html|title=Richard Bausch|work=Operation Homecoming|publisher=National Endowment for the Arts|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> Bausch holds a ] from ], and an ] from the ] at the ].<ref name=papers/> He has taught English and Creative Writing at George Mason University and other institutions since 1980.<ref name=atlantic/> He was previously Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University; and Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writing Program at The University of Memphis<ref name=atlantic/> He served in the ] between 1966–1969, and toured the Midwest and South singing in a rock band, doing stand-up comedy, and writing poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/national/homecoming/authorbios/bausch.html|title=Richard Bausch|work=Operation Homecoming|publisher=National Endowment for the Arts|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> He holds a ] from ], and an ] from the ] at the ].<ref name=papers/> He has taught English and Creative Writing at George Mason University and other institutions since 1980.<ref name=atlantic/> He was previously Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University; and Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writing Program at The University of Memphis<ref name=atlantic/> He now lives in Orange City, California.

Bausch previously lived in ] and in ]<ref name=dayton/> and now lives in Orange City, California.


== Writing == == Writing ==
Bausch's novels vary from explorations of fear and love in family life, to historical novels, including ''Rebel Powers'' (1993), ''Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea'' (1996), ''Hello to the Cannibals'' (2002), and ''Peace'' (2008).<ref name=atlantic/> He published his first short story in '']'' in April 1983: "All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona" was initially an 800-page novel that he cut down, calling the process "like passing a kidney stone".<ref name=post/><ref name=atlantic>{{cite news|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/factfict/ff9808.htm|title=A conversation with Richard Bausch|date=20 August 1998|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> He is a contributor of short stories to various periodicals, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''The Atlantic'', '']'', The Virgina Quarterly Review and '']''.<ref name=atlantic/> His work has also been represented in anthologies, including ] and ].<ref name="cent13">{{cite web|url=http://www.centenary.edu/news/2013/0000017|title=Richard Bausch to receive Centenary's Corrington Award February 25|date=2013-02-06|publisher=]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6GqEiQB9J|archivedate=2013-05-23|deadurl=no}}</ref> Bausch's novels and stories vary from explorations of fear and love in family life, to novels with historical backdrops, including ''Rebel Powers'' (1993), ''Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea'' (1996), ''Hello to the Cannibals'' (2002), and ''Peace'' (2008).<ref name=atlantic/> He published his first short story in '']'' in April 1983: "All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona" was initially an 800-page novel that he cut down, calling the process "like passing a kidney stone".<ref name=post/><ref name=atlantic>{{cite news|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/factfict/ff9808.htm|title=A conversation with Richard Bausch|date=20 August 1998|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> He is a contributor of short stories to various periodicals, including ''The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, ]'',, '']'', '']'', '']'','']'' The Virgina Quarterly Revie'']''.<ref name=atlantic/> His work has also been represented in anthologies, including ] and ].<ref name="cent13">{{cite web|url=http://www.centenary.edu/news/2013/0000017|title=Richard Bausch to receive Centenary's Corrington Award February 25|date=2013-02-06|publisher=]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6GqEiQB9J|archivedate=2013-05-23|deadurl=no}}</ref>

''Take Me Back'' (1982) and ''Spirits and Other Stories'' (1987) were nominated for the ],<ref name=atlantic/><ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/09/books/pen-faulkner-group-lists-award-nominees.html|title=PEN/Faulkner Group Lists Award Nominees|date=9 March 1998|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="McDowell">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/28/books/about-books-and-authors.html|title=To Return Home|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=28 March 1982|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> Two of his short stories, "The Man Who Knew Belle Star," and Letter To The Lady of The House," won the ] in fiction for The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker, respectively.<ref name=atlantic/> In 2004, he won the ] for short story excellence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/pen-malamud-award/past-winners/ |title=Past Award Winners &#124; PEN / Faulkner Foundation |publisher=Penfaulkner.org |accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>


== Awards == == Awards ==
Bausch received a ] grant in 1982, a ] in 1984, the Hillsdale Prize of The Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1991, ] in 1992, the ]' Award in Literature in 1993, and was elected to the ] in 1997. He became chancellor of the Fellowship in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_115510.asp|title=Fellowship Of Southern Writers Elects First Board|date=19 October 2007|work=The Chattanoogan|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> Bausch received a ] grant in 1982, a ] in 1984, the Hillsdale Prize of The Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1991, ] in 1992, the ]' Award in Literature in 1993, and was elected to the ] in 1995. (He served as chancellor of the Fellowship from 2007-2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_115510.asp|title=Fellowship Of Southern Writers Elects First Board|date=19 October 2007|work=The Chattanoogan|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>'')'' His novel, ''Take Me Back'' (1982) and his first story collection, ''Spirits and Other Stories'' (1987), were nominated for the ],<ref name="atlantic" /><ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/09/books/pen-faulkner-group-lists-award-nominees.html|title=PEN/Faulkner Group Lists Award Nominees|date=9 March 1998|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="McDowell">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/28/books/about-books-and-authors.html|title=To Return Home|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=28 March 1982|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> Two of his short stories, "The Man Who Knew Belle Star," and Letter To The Lady of The House," won the ] in fiction for The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker, respectively.<ref name="atlantic" /> In 2004, he won the ] for short story excellence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/pen-malamud-award/past-winners/|title=Past Award Winners &#124; PEN / Faulkner Foundation|publisher=Penfaulkner.org|accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref><ref name="lfcounty13">{{cite web|url=http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2013/05/27/entertainment/doc519d49c38c6ff671432658.html|title=Short Stories, Books, Alive and Well: Rea Award Goes to Richard Bausch|last=Clement|first=Douglas P|date=2013-05-27|accessdate=2013-06-04}}</ref>

''Take Me Back'' (1982) and ''Spirits and Other Stories'' (1987) were nominated for the ],<ref name=atlantic/><ref name="nytimes.com"/><ref name="McDowell"/> and he received the 2004 ] for Excellence in Short Fiction.<ref name="reuters2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/08/us-books-bausch-idUSTRE61740G20100208|title=Bausch taps into menace of U.S. home life for new book|first=Edward|last=McAllister|date=2010-02-08|deadurl=no|archivedate=2013-05-24|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6GqGVAImV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/penmalamud.htm |title=PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction |work=PEN/Faulkner Foundation |accessdate=29 December 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090906095238/http://www.penfaulkner.org:80/penmalamud.htm |archivedate=6 September 2009 }}</ref> Two of his short stories, "The Man Who Knew Belle Star," and Letter To The Lady of The House," won the ] in fiction for The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker, respectively.<ref name=atlantic/> His story "Reverend Thornhill's Wife" won second place in the 2008 Fall Fiction Contest at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/winter-2009/reverend-thornhill%E2%80%99s-wife|title=Reverend Thornhill’s Wife|date=Winter 2009|work=Narrative Magazine|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>


His novel "]" won the 2009 ].<ref name=dayton>{{cite web|url=http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2009-fiction_winner.htm|title=2009 Fiction winner|work=Dayton Literary Peace Prize|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> and the ] of American Library Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/wyboydaward/wyboydrecipients.cfm|title=W.Y. Boyd Literary Award Recipients|work=American Library Association|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> His novel "]" won the 2009 ].<ref name=dayton>{{cite web|url=http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2009-fiction_winner.htm|title=2009 Fiction winner|work=Dayton Literary Peace Prize|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> and the ] of American Library Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/wyboydaward/wyboydrecipients.cfm|title=W.Y. Boyd Literary Award Recipients|work=American Library Association|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>


And he was the 2012 winner of the $30,000 Rea Award for his work in the Short Story.
In 2013, he won the $30,000 Rea Award for The Short Story.<ref name="lfcounty13">{{cite web|url=http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2013/05/27/entertainment/doc519d49c38c6ff671432658.html|title=Short Stories, Books, Alive and Well: Rea Award Goes to Richard Bausch|last=Clement|first=Douglas P|date=2013-05-27|accessdate=2013-06-04}}</ref>


== Publications == == Publications ==

Revision as of 17:19, 6 June 2016

For the Wehrmacht officer, see Richard Bausch (officer).

Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. Bausch was born in 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia. He previously lived in Virginia and in Memphis, Tennessee. He has written twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume of poetry and prose.

Bausch holds a B.A. from George Mason University, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. in 2005 he joined R.V. Cassill, to bring out the Sixth Edition of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Since Cassill's passing, he has been sole editor of that anthology, bringing out the Seventh and Eighth Editions.

Early life and education

Bausch was born in 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia. He is the twin brother of author Robert Bausch.

He served in the U.S. Air Force between 1966–1969, and toured the Midwest and South singing in a rock band, doing stand-up comedy, and writing poetry. He holds a B.A. from George Mason University, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He has taught English and Creative Writing at George Mason University and other institutions since 1980. He was previously Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University; and Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writing Program at The University of Memphis He now lives in Orange City, California.

Writing

Bausch's novels and stories vary from explorations of fear and love in family life, to novels with historical backdrops, including Rebel Powers (1993), Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea (1996), Hello to the Cannibals (2002), and Peace (2008). He published his first short story in The Atlantic in April 1983: "All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona" was initially an 800-page novel that he cut down, calling the process "like passing a kidney stone". He is a contributor of short stories to various periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Harper's, The New Yorker, Playboy,, Ploughshares, Narrative, The Southern Review,and The Virgina Quarterly Revier. His work has also been represented in anthologies, including O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Short Stories.

Awards

Bausch received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1982, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984, the Hillsdale Prize of The Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1991, The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award in 1992, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Award in Literature in 1993, and was elected to the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1995. (He served as chancellor of the Fellowship from 2007-2010.) His novel, Take Me Back (1982) and his first story collection, Spirits and Other Stories (1987), were nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Two of his short stories, "The Man Who Knew Belle Star," and Letter To The Lady of The House," won the National Magazine Award in fiction for The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker, respectively. In 2004, he won the PEN/Malamud Award for short story excellence.

His novel "Peace" won the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. and the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction of American Library Association.

And he was the 2012 winner of the $30,000 Rea Award for his work in the Short Story.

Publications

Novels

  • Real Presence, 1980
  • Take Me Back, 1981
  • The Last Good Time, 1984 (made into a film by Bob Balaban in 1995)
  • Mr. Field's Daughter, 1989
  • Violence, 1992.
  • Rebel Powers, 1993
  • Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea, 1996
  • In the Night Season, 1998
  • Hello To the Cannibals, 2002
  • Thanksgiving Night, 2006
  • Peace, 2008
  • Before, During, After, Aug. 2014

Short fiction

  • Spirits, And Other Stories, 1987
  • The Fireman's Wife, And Other Stories, 1990
  • Rare & Endangered Species, 1994
  • Selected Stories of Richard Bausch (The Modern Library), 1996
  • Someone To Watch Over Me: Stories, 1999
  • The Stories of Richard Bausch, 2003
  • Wives & Lovers: 3 Short Novels, 2004
  • Something is Out There, 2010

Poetry and non-fiction

References

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  3. ^ "2009 Fiction winner". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  4. ^ Shumate, Michael; Lisa Stark (1 October 1999). "Preliminary Inventory of the Richard Bausch Papers, 1965-1998 and undated". Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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  10. "PEN/Faulkner Group Lists Award Nominees". New York Times. 9 March 1998. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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  12. "Past Award Winners | PEN / Faulkner Foundation". Penfaulkner.org. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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  25. "Before, During, After". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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  27. Smartt Bell, Madison (14 June 1987). "Everyday Hazards". New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  28. Pesetsky, Bette (19 August 1990). "Quarrels Over Who Said What and When". New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  29. Wanner, Irene (9 October 1994). "Rare And Endangered Species: A Novella And Stories". Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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  31. Zeidner, Lisa (29 August 1999). "Somebody I'm Longing to See". New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  32. Birkerts, Sven (28 December 2003). "Field Guides to the North American Male". New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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  34. "Something Is Out There". Random House. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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