Nicholas Rinaldi
Nicholas Rinaldi | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1934[1] Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 2020 (aged 86) Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fordham University |
| Spouse | Jackie |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Nicholas M. Rinaldi (April 2, 1934 – May 27, 2020) was an American poet and novelist.
Life
[edit | edit source]Rinaldi earned a doctorate from Fordham University. He was the author of four novels and three collections of poetry. His poems and fiction won numerous awards, and he was honored as the 2007 Artist of the Year by the Fairfield Arts Council.[2]
He taught courses in literature and creative writing at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his wife Jackie, a literary critic. Rinaldi had four children.[3] He died from complications of COVID-19 on May 27, 2020, aged 86, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut.[4][5]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Poetry collections
[edit | edit source]- The Resurrection of the Snails (1977, J F Blair, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- We Have Lost Our Fathers (1982, University Press of Florida, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The Luftwaffe in Chaos (1985 Negative Capability Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
Novels
[edit | edit source]- Bridge Fall Down (1985) — (St Martin's Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The Jukebox Queen of Malta (1999) — (Bantam, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Between Two Rivers (2004) — (HarperCollins, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb (2015) - (Scribner, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Library of Congress online
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Fairfield University Profile Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- www.nicholasrinaldi.net Archived 2020-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Author's website
- NPR's Jon Kalish interview with Nicholas Rinaldi
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- 1934 births
- 2020 deaths
- American poets of Italian descent
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- Fordham University alumni
- Fairfield University faculty
- Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Writers from Brooklyn
- Novelists from New York City
- 20th-century American poets
- 21st-century American poets
- American male poets
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Connecticut
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs
- American novelist, 1930s birth stubs