Nicholas Rinaldi
Nicholas Rinaldi | |
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Born | 1934[1] Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 2020[2] Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 85–86)
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Fordham University |
Spouse | Jackie |
Children | 4 |
Website | |
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Nicholas Rinaldi (1934 – May 27, 2020) was an American poet and novelist.
Biography[]
Rinaldi was the author of four novels and three collections of poetry. His poems and fiction won numerous awards, and he was honored as the 2007 Artist of the Year by the Fairfield Arts Council.[3]
Rinaldi earned a doctorate from Fordham University and taught courses in literature and creative writing at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut with his wife Jackie, a literary critic. Rinaldi had four children.[4] He died from the coronavirus ( 2019).
Bibliography[]
Poetry collections[]
- The Resurrection of the Snails (1977, J F Blair, ISBN 0-89587-002-9)
- We Have Lost Our Fathers (1982, University Press of Florida, ISBN 0-8130-0692-9)
- The Luftwaffe in Chaos (1985 Negative Capability Press, ISBN 0-942544-04-8)
Novels[]
- Bridge Fall Down (1985) — (St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-09550-3)
- The Jukebox Queen of Malta (1999) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-04420-7)
- Between Two Rivers (2004) — (HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-057876-9)
- The Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb (2015) - (Scribner, ISBN 1476727325)
References[]
- ^ Library of Congress online
- ^ Roberts, Sam (2020-06-11). "Nicholas Rinaldi, Writer of Character-Rich Novels, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Fairfield Art Council names Fairfield professor Artist of the Year - News". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "Sobel Weber Associates, Inc. - Featured Books". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
External links[]
- Fairfield University Profile
- www.nicholasrinaldi.net Author's website
- NPR's Jon Kalish interview with Nicholas Rinaldi
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- Fordham University alumni
- Fairfield University faculty
- Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Writers from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American poets
- 21st-century American poets
- American male poets
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Novelists from Connecticut
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs
- American novelist, 1930s birth stubs