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Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls . [ 1 ] Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies.
May 9, 2016 · The Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Empire Falls says his characters are inspired by his parents' working-class World War II generation. Russo's new novel is set in a small town in upstate New York.
Oct 24, 2012 · Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Melissa from Avid Reader’s Musings, who will be discussing the best and worst of Richard Russo. I read my first Richard Russo novel in 2006 and I’ve been a fan ever since. When I picked up his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Empire Falls, which remains my favorite of his books, I’d never heard of him.
Jan 1, 2001 · Compelling portrait of small town USA, Richard Russo's small town is located in the state of New York during the year 1970 and features the interlinking lives of seven main characters, men and women, young and old, but in many ways the year could range from 1915 to 2015 and the locale could be any of the fifty states since there is an undeniable sameness about what it means to grow up, live ...
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May 5, 2016 · The Pulitzer Prize-winning author says his blue-collar grandfather would have been astonished by the life Russo leads. His new book, Everybody's Fool, is a sequel to 1993's Nobody's Fool.
Oct 31, 2012 · 26 likes · 17 comments. Share. In his first memoir, Elsewhere, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo writes about how his vivacious but volatile mother shaped his understanding of the world around him. Many of Russo's best-selling novels— Empire Falls, Nobody's Fool —are set in failing Northeastern towns and based on the small ...
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Biography. PDF Cite Share. Richard Russo was born July 15, 1949, in Johnstown (and grew up in Gloversville), New York. Russo is considered by many to be the best contemporary writer of small-town ...
