Robert Halsall Abel (born May 27, 1941 in Painesville, Ohio, died April 14, 2017 in Hadley, Massachusetts) was an American short story writer, and novelist.[2]

Career

Abel graduated from College of Wooster cum laude in 1964 with a B.A., Kansas State University with a M.A. in 1967, and the University of Massachusetts, with an MFA in 1974.[3][4] In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[5]

His work appeared in Colorado Review, Dim Sum, Glimmer Train, Manoa, The Massachusetts Review, Mind's Eye, and Writers' Forum. He was a member of the Authors Guild.

He died at his home in Hadley, Massachusetts on April 14, 2017.[1]

Awards

• 1991 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction[6]
• 1978 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship

Works

• "An Incident in Hohhot". Mind Sprocket. October 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
• Riding a Tiger: a novel. Hong Kong: Asia 2000. 1998. ISBN 978-962-7160-50-2. (reprint: Soho Press October 2002)
• Ghost Traps. University of Georgia Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8203-1252-1. Robert H Abel Robert H Abel.
• Full-tilt Boogie: stories. Lynx House Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-89924-064-0.
• The Progress of a Fire. Simon and Schuster. 1985. ISBN 978-0-671-50931-6.
• Freedom Dues: or, A Gentleman's Progress in the New World. Dial Press. 1978. ISBN 978-0-8037-2575-1. (reprint 1980)
• Skin and Bones. University of Colorado Press. 1978.

Criticism

• "The Feng Shui Detective Goes South by Nury Vittachi". Asian Review of Books. May 8, 2002. Archived from the original on July 2, 2002.

References

External links

• "ROBERT H. ABEL personal website". Archived from the original on November 5, 2005.