Abraham Rodriguez Jr. (born in
The Bronx
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, 1960) is a
Puerto Rican novelist
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, short story author and musician who writes in English about the experience of
Latinos
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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.
As a musician, he is the founding member, guitarist and singer for the Berlin-based
punk-rock band ''Urgent Fury''.
Life
His work has appeared in ''
Story'', ''Best Stories from New Writers'', ''Chattahoochie Review'', ''Alternative Fiction & Poetry'', and ''Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature''.
Awards
* 1993 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, for ''The Boy Without A Flag''
* 1995
American Book Award
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, for ''Spidertown''
* 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts grant
* New York State Council of the Arts, literary panel member
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20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Writers from the Bronx
Novelists from New York City
Living people
American Book Award winners
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
1960 births
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