Rick DeMarinis

Rick DeMarini (* 1934 in New York City ) is an American author of novels, non-fiction and short stories.

Life

Rick DeMarini taught Creative Writing at the University of Texas at El Paso and at San Diego State University, the University of Montana - Missoula and Arizona State University.

Of his novels have now been three translated into German. In addition, collections of his short stories are available that already appeared among others in magazines such as Esquire or GQ. Furthermore, a non-fiction book was published on the subject of short stories, in which five of his short stories were printed.

Works (excerpt)

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Awards

• Two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts Foundation
• 1986 Drue Heinz Prize for short stories
• 1990 Literature Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
• 1999 Independent Book Publishers Award