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    • Tom Robbins

    American writer (1932–2025)

    This article is about the American novelist. For other uses, see Thomas Robbins.

    Not to be confused with Tim Robbins.

    Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. 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".

    Early life

    Robbins was born on July 22, 1932, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to George Thomas Robbins and Katherine Belle Robinson. Both of his grandfathers were Southern Baptist preachers. The Robbins family lived in Blowing Rock before moving to Warsaw, Virginia, when the author was still a young boy. In adulthood, Robbins has described his young self as being a "hillbilly".

    Robbins attended Warsaw High School (class of 1949) and Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia, where he won the Senior Essay Medal. The next year he enrolled at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, to major in journalism, leaving at the end of his sophomore year after being disciplined by his fraternity for bad behavior and failing to earn a letter in basketball.

    In 1953, he enlisted in the Air Force after receiving his draft notice, spending a year as a meteorologist in Korea, followed by two years in the Special Weather Intelligence unit of the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska. He was discharged in 1957 and returned to Richmond, Virginia, where his poetry readings at the Rhinoceros Coffee House led to his gaining a reputation on the local bohemian scene.

    Early media work

    In late 1957, Robbins enrolled at Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), a school of

    Birth Chart of Tom Robbins, Astrology Horoscope, Date of Birth

    Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which gives people born under this sign great emotional sensitivity. They are thus often reserved and shy. -»
    Expansion, Growth, Struggle, Opportunity

    Rat (Fire)

    Chinese horoscope
    Rat has charm, extraordinary aggression and belligerence. At first glance, appears to be calm, serene and cheerful, but appearances are deceiving. Behind all this lies a constant internal movement and deliberately cultivated aggressiveness. -»
    Elm characterises people of very trustworthy appearance and calm manners. Calmness, mental well-being and self-control, all this literally radiates from elm people. They can plan everything very carefully and their deliberation is reflected in a great foresight; they are seldom surprised by something. -»
    These people are mentally alert and have creative minds. They are creative and original, and they have a good imagination. They hate boredom and like to cooperate with others. They are charming and witty. They are critical of others and they should therefore learn how to be more diplomatic. They need to work freely and without restraints. -»
    These people are sensitive and kind. That is why they need their partner's support. They are practical and thorough. They have methodological and organisational abilities. They easily make practical decisions. -»

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    Tom Robbins


    Born

    in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, The United States

    July 22, 1932


    Died

    February 09, 2025


    Genre

    Literature & Fiction, Memoir


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    Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. 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".Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. 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"....more






    Tom Robbins Biography

    Nationality: American. Born: Thomas Eugene Robbins in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 1936. Education: High school in Warsaw, Virginia; Hargarve Military Academy; Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia; Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University), graduated 1960. Military Service: Served in the United States Air Force in Korea. Career: Copy editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1960-62, and Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer, 1962-63; reviewer and art columnist, Seattle Magazine, and radio host, 1964-68. Agent: Phoebe Larmore, 228 Main Street, Venice, California 90291, USA.

    PUBLICATIONS

    Novels

    Another Roadside Attraction. New York, Doubleday, 1971; London, W.H. Allen, 1973.

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976;London, Corgi, 1977.

    Still Life with Woodpecker. New York, Bantam, and London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.

    Jitterbug Perfume. New York, Bantam, 1984.

    Skinny Legs and All. New York, Bantam, 1990; London, Bantam, 1991.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. New York, Bantam, 1994.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. New York, Bantam Books, 2000.

    Uncollected Short Story

    "The Chink and the Clock People," in The Best American Short Stories 1977, edited by Martha Foley. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

    Other

    Guy Anderson. Seattle, Gear Works Press, 1965.

    Guy Anderson (exhibition catalogue), with William Ivey and WallaceS. Baldinger. Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, 1977.

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    Critical Studies:

    Tom Robbins by Mark Siegel, Boise, Idaho, Boise State University, 1980; Tom Robbins: A Critical Companion by Catherine E. Hoyser and Lorena Laura Stookey, Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1997.

    I sometimes think of my serio-comic novels as cakes with files baked in them. If you choose, you can throw the file away and simply enjoy the cake. Or, you may use the file to saw through the iron bars erected by those forces in life that

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