Andre Dubus III (b. 1959 in Oceanside, California) is an American writer best known as the author of the novel House of Sand and Fog, which was a National Book Award finalist in 1999 and was made into a movie in 2003. Oceanside is the name of several different towns Oceanside California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the House of Sand and Fog is a 1999 novel by Andre Dubus III. It was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2000 as well as a finalist for the The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. House of Sand and Fog is a 2003 American Drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. His other books include Bluesman, a 1993 novel, and The Cage Keeper and Other Stories from 1989. Dubus's work has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and the 1985 National Magazine Award for Fiction. The Pushcart Prize is a prestigious American Literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry short fiction essays or literary whatnot" published It has also been included in "The One Hundred Most Distinguished Stories of 1993" and The Best American Short Stories of 1994. The Best American Short Stories yearly Anthology is a part of the The Best American Series published by the Houghton Mifflin Company He was one of three finalists for the 1994 Prix de Rome given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature,
He started his college career at Bradford College (Massachusetts), where his father taught, before moving on to study sociology at the University of Texas. Bradford College is a now-defunct college in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, closed in 2000 He eventually dropped out of a Ph. D. program in the theory of social change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then roamed the country working at a variety of jobs, including carpenter, construction worker, bounty hunter, bartender, counselor at a treatment center, and actor, before making a career as a fiction writer. A carpenter (builder is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry - a wide range of Woodworking that includes constructing buildings, Construction workers are employed in the Construction industry and work predominately on Construction sites and are typically engaged in aspects of the industry A bounty hunter captures Fugitives for a monetary reward ( bounty) A bartender ( barman, barkeeper, barmaid, mixologist, tapster among other names serves Beverages Mental health counselors (in this article MHCs) practice Mental health counseling which is a dynamic Psychoeducational discipline born in the late 1970’s An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
He lives in Newbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dancer and choreographer Fontaine Dollas,who teaches dance at the independent school, The Governor's Academy also known as Governor Dummer Academy, and their three children. Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" He currently is on the adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he teaches general writing, fiction, and directed study courses. The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell is one of five University of Massachusetts campuses
His father, Andre Dubus (1936-1999), was a well known writer of short stories and novellas, and his cousin is the mystery writer James Lee Burke. Andre Dubus ( August 11, 1936 - February 24, 1999) was an American Short story writer Essayist, and autobiographer James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American Author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series
Works
- The Cage Keeper and Other Stories (1989)
- Bluesman (1993)
- House of Sand and Fog (1999)
- The Garden of Last Days (2008)
External Links
- Video: Andre Dubus III discusses his novel The Garden of Last Days
- Video: Andre Dubus III speaks at BookExpo (taped May 31, 2008/Los Angeles Convention Center)
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