Rion Amilcar Scott is an American short story writer. He won the
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for his 2016 book ''Insurrections''.
Life
Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.
[Evans, Danielle (2019-09-12)]
"The Hard, Familiar Truths of Rion Amilcar Scott’s Invented World"
''Literary Hub''. Retrieved 2019-09-12. His parents are from
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
and came to the United States to study at
Howard University
Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...
. He graduated from
George Mason University
George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...
and teaches at The University of Maryland.
Works
* ''Insurrections: Stories'', Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ,
*''The World Doesn't Require You'', Liveright, 2019.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male short story writers
American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Bowie State University faculty
George Mason University alumni
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