What is Robert Stone (novelist)?
[[File:Robert stone 2010.jpg|thumb|Stone in October 2010.]] '''Robert Stone''' (August 21, 1937 &ndash; January 10, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[novelist]] and [[journalist]]. He won the [[National Book Award]] for [[National Book Award for Fiction|Fiction]] in 1975 for his novel ''[[Dog Soldiers (novel)|Dog Soldiers]]''. He was also twice a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and once for the [[PEN/Faulkner Award]]s. Stone was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He was raised by his mother, who suffered from [[schizophrenia]], until the age of six and was later raised in a [[Catholic]] [[orphanage]]. As a result of chain [[smoking]], he had [[emphysema]]. Stone died from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] on January 10, 2015 in [[Key West]], [[Florida]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/nyregion/robert-stone-novelist-inspired-by-war-dies-at-77-.html|title=Robert Stone, Novelist Inspired by War, Dies at 77|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 10, 2015|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0832133|Robert Stone}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Robert}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Deaths from COPD]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Florida]] [[Category:Journalists from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]