Raymond Abbott

Raymond Abbott
Born	Raymond Herbert Abbott (1942-04-21) April 21, 1942 (age 83) Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	University of Massachusetts
Period	1979–
Genre	Fiction
Notable awards	Whiting Award 1985 Fiction National Endowment for the Arts (1979)
Spouse	Marye Dillon 1977-2004 (Divorced)
Children	Carolyn Dillon Abbott Schwent

Raymond Abbott (born April 21, 1942) is an American novelist.

Biography

Raymond Herbert Abbott was born in Newburyport, April 21, 1942. He was the son of Myron E., a ship worker, and Evelyn Foley. He was educated at the University of Massachusetts in 1965 with a B.A. and University of Kentucky graduate studies, 1967–68. He is a member of the Authors Guild. He currently resides in Louisville, KY.

Abbott volunteered at Rosebud Indian Reservation in 1965–66, then community development director in Transitional Housing Program for Sioux tribe at Rosebud, 1966–67. After that, he became an elementary schoolteacher in Lost Creek, KY, 1967–68, followed by being a social worker for the city of Louisville, KY, 1967–68. He then became a social worker in Massachusetts: Pittsfield (1969–70), South End, 1970–73, and finally Newburyport, (1973–). ^[1]

Awards

• 1979 NEA Grant
• 1985 Whiting Award

Works

• John Marvin; Raymond Abbott (1979). Death dances: two novellas on North American Indians . Apple-wood Press. ISBN   978-0-918222-07-7.
• That day in Gordon: a novel. Vanguard Press. 1986. ISBN   978-0-8149-0924-9.
• Black Hills Summer. Strathmoor Press. 2003. ISBN   978-0-9740718-0-0.
• My Life Among the Indians. Strathmoor Press. 2005. ISBN   978-0-9740718-1-7.
• Indian Stories. Strathmoor Press. 2006. ISBN   978-0-9740718-2-4.
• Crazy Horse's Bones. Strathmoor Press. 2014. ISBN   978-0-9740718-3-1.

He also is contributes to North American Review, KevinMD, Blue Cloud Quarterly, and Phoenix.

Criticism

• Abbott, Raymond (June 12, 1988). "SAVAGES AND SIOUX". The New York Times.

Quotes

"Much of my inspiration ... for my first three novels came from living for several years on a Sioux reservation in South Dakota.... My interest is to become a good story teller." ^[1]

References

1. Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. 2001. ISBN   978-0-7876-3995-2.

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Awards