- Life
- Awards
- Works Novels Poetry
- References
- External links
Toby Olson (born 1937 Chicago) is an American novelist. LifeThrough high school and his four years in the Navy as a surgical technician, he lived in California, Arizona, and Texas. He graduated from Occidental College and Long Island University. He co-founded and taught at the Aspen Writers' Workshop, and at Long Island University and The New School For Social Research, and since 1975 Temple University. Recently, he has collaborated with composer Paul Epstein, including chamber music, songs, a short story set for voice and piano, and two chamber operas, Dorit, and Chihuahua. Both operas were performed by the Temple University Opera Theater. He lives in Philadelphia and North Truro, on Cape Cod. Awards- 1983 PEN/Faulkner Award, for Seaview
- 1985 Guggenheim Fellowships[1]
- 2015 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards
- Rockefeller Foundations
- National Endowment for the Arts
Works Novels - {{cite book| title=Changing Appearance| publisher=Membrane| year=1975| isbn=0-87924-021-0}}
- {{cite book| title=The Life of Jesus| publisher=New Directions| year=1976| isbn=0-8112-0614-9 }}
- {{cite book| title=Aesthetics| publisher=Membrane| year=1978| isbn=0-87924-049-0}}
- {{cite book| title=Seaview| publisher=New Directions| year=1982| isbn=0-8112-0828-1 }}
- {{cite book| title=The Woman Who Escaped From Shame| publisher=Random House| year=1986| isbn=978-0-394-54715-2 }}
- Utah
- {{cite book| title=Dorit in Lesbos| publisher=Linden Press/Simon & Schuster| year=1990| isbn=978-0-671-68486-0 }}
- {{cite book| title=At Sea| publisher=Simon & Schuster| year=1993| isbn=978-0-671-73641-5 }}
- {{cite book| title=Write Letter to Billy| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOFI2Ys_TzoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Toby+Olson| publisher=Coffee House Press| year=2000| isbn=978-1-56689-103-5 }}
- {{cite book| title=The Blond Box| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y4hQ8yUVzYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Toby+Olson| publisher=FC2| year=2004| isbn=978-1-57366-110-2 }}
- The Bitter Half.
- Tampico. {{ISBN|978-0-292-71827-2}}
Poetry- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtpXzO2MsF4C&dq=Toby+Olson&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W1Lqg93Pkl&sig=EMiIK5tqF8W4uwVuZvcr7oDLwBo&hl=en&ei=Jf5MSvLdDI7mMZbuifUD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6| title=We are the fire: a selection of poems| publisher=New Directions Publishing| year=1984| isbn=978-0-8112-0914-4 }}
- {{cite book| title=Unfinished Building| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4AuJ8z3U4MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Toby+Olson| publisher=Coffee House Press| year=1993| isbn=978-1-56689-009-0 }}
- {{cite book| title=Human Nature| publisher=New Directions| year=2000| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiQMoY3f4BQC&pg=PP1&dq=Toby+Olson| isbn=978-0-8112-1440-7 }}
References1. ^http://www.gf.org/fellows/10963-toby-olson
External links- {{worldcat id|id=lccn-n50-25280}}
- "Toby Olson", Shearsman Books
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