Rafi Zabor
| Rafi Zabor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joel Zaborovsky August 22, 1946 |
| Occupation | novelist, music critic |
| Nationality | United States |
| Notable works | The Bear Comes Home |
| Notable awards |
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–based music journalist- and musician-turned-novelist.
Life and work
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]
As of 2011, he was 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 2 Biederman, Marcia (July 19, 1998). "Who Is Rafi Zabor?". New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ↑ Rafi Zabor (August 22, 2008). "Updoc". Taintradio.org (Podcast). Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- 1 2 3 4 Zabor, Rafi (2008). "NEA Writers' Corner: Rafi Zabor". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ↑ Zabor, Rafi (April 13, 1998). "Literary Paws". NewsHour (Interview). Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth. PBS. 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