Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932-07-22
- Died
- 2025-02-09
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
- White Weekends
- Wild Ducks Flying Backward
- Still Life with Woodpecker
- נכים פראיים ששבו הביתה מארצות החום
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-09-26
- Active to
- 1982-12-08
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 309
- Total plays
- 3,791
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,730x
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· 1993 · cited 29,243x
- A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
· 1983 · cited 25,280x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,929x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,297x
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Quotes
- “The only meat in the world sweeter, hotter, and pinker than Amanda's twat is Carolina barbecue.”
- “Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.”
- “The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.”
- “Logic only gives man what he needs. Magic gives him what he wants.”
- “Fire is the reuniting of matter with oxygen. If one bears that in mind, every blaze may be seen as a reunion, an occasion of chemical joy.”
- “If we're ever going to get the world back on a natural footing, back in tune with natural rhythyms, if we're going to nurture the Earth and protect it and have fun with it and learn from it — which is what mothers do with their children — then we've got to put technology (an aggressive masculine system) in its proper place, which is that of a tool to be used sparingly, joyfully, gently and only in the fullest cooperation with nature. Nature must govern technology, not the other way around.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
- Image
- Tom Robbins (cropped).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-07-22
- birth name
- Thomas Eugene Robbins
- Commons category
- Thomas Eugene Robbins
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- name in native language
- Tom Robbins
- date of death
- 2025-02-09
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Tom Robbins, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~12 min read
Article
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