description: THE MAN WHO (THOUGHT HE) LOOKED LIKE ROBERT TAYLOR IS THE FOURTH NOVEL BY BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS A "FILIPINO SHORT STORY WRITER AND NOVELIST WHO LIVES IN AMERICA AND WRITES IN ENGLISH; AND SPOKESMAN FOR HIS FELLOW EXPATRIATES, SENSITIVELY CAPTURES THE PAIN OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS,"ACCORDING TO CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM, A STANDARD RESEARCH TEXT IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES. ALTHOUGH MOST OF HIS WORKS ARE INHABITED BY EXLIES FROM THE HOMELAND AS IN HIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, SCENT OF APPLES, PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS, SEATTLE,EHE HAS ALSO WRITTEN ABOUT FILIPINOS IN THE HOME COUNTRY AS IN THE STORIES IN BROTHER MY BROTHER, PUBLISHED BY BOOKMARK, MANILA, . IN 1958, HE WAS A ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION FELLOW AT THE WRITERS WORKSHOP IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WHERE HE LATER TAUGHT AS A FULBRIGHT EXCHANGE PROFESSOR HE HAS RECEIVED A GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, A REPUBLIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD IN LITERATURE, AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD, A NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE RTS IN CREATIVE WRITING AWARD, AND THE 1982 "X" LITERARY PRIZE FOR THE BEST BOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING. AND NUMEROUS OTHER AWARDS FOR HIS WRITINGS
language: English
title: The man who (thought he) looked like Robert Taylor: A novel
titlecomplete: The man who (thought he) looked like Robert Taylor: A novel
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 49
publisher: New Day Publishers