Rafi Zabor
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| Rafi Zabor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joel Zaborovsky August 22, 1946 |
| Occupation | novelist, music critic |
| Nationality | United States |
| Notable work(s) | The Bear Comes Home |
| Notable award(s) |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 1998 The Bear Comes Home |
Rafi Zabor (born Joel Zaborovsky,[1] August 22, 1946[2]) is a Brooklyn, New York music journalist- and musician-turned-novelist. A graduate of Brooklyn College, Zabor became a jazz critic for Musician in 1977, and later became an editor for the magazine.[3] He received the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his first novel, The Bear Comes Home, which follows an alto saxophonist - who happens to be a bear - in his pursuit of musical perfection.[4] Zabor's second book, the memoir I, Wabenzi, was commercially unsuccessful and met with mixed critical response.[3] In 2008, Zabor received an NEA Literature Fellowship.[3] He is reportedly working on a new novel, to be titled The Bosphorus Dogs.[5] Zabor is also a jazz drummer.[1][3]
Bibliography
- The Bear Comes Home (1997)
- I, Wabenzi (2005)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biederman, Marcia (1998-07-19). "Who Is Rafi Zabor?". New York Times (New York City: The New York Times Company). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ↑ Rafi Zabor (2008-08-22). "Updoc". Taintradio.org (Podcast). http://taintradio.org/author/rafizabor/. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Zabor, Rafi (2008). "NEA Writers' Corner: Rafi Zabor". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ↑ Zabor, Rafi (1998-04-13). Literary Paws. Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth. NewsHour. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june98/bear_4-13.html. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/811557306/the-bosphorus-dogs-a-novel-by-rafi-zabor
External links
- "Of the Tree and its Four Birds" by Rafi Zabor, at Words Without Borders
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