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Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA
Thomas Eugene Robbins is an American novelist. His best-selling novels are "seriocomedies", also known as "comedy-drama. In late 1957, he enrolled at Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), a school of art, drama, and music, which later became Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1966, Robbins was contacted and then met with Doubleday's West Coast Editor, Luthor Nichols, who asked Robbins about…
Known for
- A Not So Still Life — Self2010
- Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson — Self2003
- Breakfast of Champions — Pesky Weber1999
- Anthem — Self1997
- Tom Robbins: A Writer in the Rain — Himself1997
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — Narrator (voice)1994
- Made in Heaven — Mario the Toymaker1987
- The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket — Jeffrey1986
- American Playhouse — Jeffrey1982
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Eugene Robbins , ( 1932-07-22 ) July 22, 1932, Blowing Rock, North Carolina , U.S.
- Died
- February 9, 2025 (2025-02-09) (aged 92), La Conner, Washington , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist short story writer essayist
- Genre
- Postmodernism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Family name
- Robbins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Blowing Rock
- Place of death
- La Conner
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Educated at
- University of Washington
- Employer
- Washington and Lee University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Postmodernism
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Image
- Tom Robbins (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-07-22
- birth name
- Thomas Eugene Robbins
- Commons category
- Thomas Eugene Robbins
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- writing language
- American English
- name in native language
- Tom Robbins
- date of death
- 2025-02-09
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- military unit
- Strategic Air Command
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Tom Robbins, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir". From 1970, Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington, where he wrote nine of his books.
Early life
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