Roland Merullo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roland Merullo
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Sep 19, 1953(1953-09-19)
Age	71
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Virgo

Roland Merullo Biography

Roland Merullo is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on September 19, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Roland Merullo, a US author, was born September 19, 1953. He is known for his novels, essays, and memoir. His most well-known works include the novels Breakfast with Buddha and In Revere. In Those Days, A Little Love Story. Revere Beach Boulevard is also his memoir Revere Beach Elegy. His books were translated into Spanish and Portuguese, Koreans, Germans, Chinese, Turkish and Chinese.

A Little Love Story was published by Harper Collins in 2005. The story is about a woman suffering from cystic fibrosis. Although the couple “tinkers” with the traditional formula, they are not innocent or naive. They also face an impossible obstacle to creating a love story for 21st-century . This novel “circumscribes dramatic events that include media saturation, lecherous politicians, ethnic family stereotypes and adult-onset dementia. It is a charming, touching, and beautifully written story. It is one part love story …”and one part medical thriller.

In late 2012, Merullo released the sequel Lunch with Buddha. In a starred review, Kirkus Magazine called it “a beautifully written and compelling story about a man’s search for meaning that earnestly and accessibly tackles some well-trodden but universal questions. A quiet meditation on life, death, darkness and spirituality, sprinkled with humor, tenderness and stunning landscapes.” Vatican Waltz was released in 2013 and a Publishers Weekly starred review stated that the novel “sings with finely observed details of family relationships, ethnic neighborhood life, and the life of prayer.” In a 2015 starred review of Dinner with Buddha, Kirkus Magazine said “With six unconventionally religious novels to date, this brave, meditative author has carved a unique niche in American literature.” The Delight of Being Ordinary was released in 2017 and Publishers Weekly called it “a thoughtful, compassionate, and mature work, a ‘Christian- Buddhist-agnostic prayer’ to the world, and readers will find a pleasant surprise in its conclusion.”

Merullo’s early works have been termed thoughtful and reflective. “I think I am a person who cares about the emotional life of people…and so I spend a lot of time on the emotional experiences of my characters—rather than, say, their intellectual experiences,” he once said. But, Golfing with God, Breakfast with Buddha and American Savior exhibited a more overtly spiritual theme – albeit humorous in tone. The seeds of this thematic shift can perhaps be traced to A Little Love Story. However, in the fall of 2008, Merullo surprised many with the release of Fidel’s Last Days, his first thriller. Merullo has addressed these changes saying, “…I’ve had editors counsel me to write the same book over and over, and some readers who complained that I haven’t kept writing books set in greater Boston. But it would be like trying to keep a migratory bird in your backyard. I just want to go places, to see things, to observe the human predicament in different forms… Like most novelists, I have a peculiar fascination with the way people behave and the psychological roots of, or reasons for, their behavior…”

Merullo’s debut novel, Leaving Losapas was published in 1991 by Houghton Mifflin and named a B. Dalton Discovery Series Choice. Publishers Weekly called his second novel A Russian Requiem smoothly penned and multifaceted. It depicted the poverty and isolation of Moscow, and explored the thoughts of those who are caught between their ideals …”.

Roland Merullo Net Worth

Roland Merullo is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roland Merullo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Merullo received his high school diploma from Phillips Exeter Academy. Merullo was initially an undergraduate student at Boston University. He then received a B.A. He also received an M.A. Brown University. Merullo was in Micronesia as part of a Peace Corps stint. He worked in the Soviet Union for United States Information Agency, and was employed as a taxi driver and carpenter. He was an instructor of creative writing at Amherst College and Bennington College. While enrolled at Brown, he met Amanda Stearns who is a photographer. They started dating in 1978, and they were married in 1979. After several years living in Vermont, the couple moved to western Massachusetts. The couple has two daughters, Alexandra and Juliana.

In the 1980s, he published his first essays. These include a piece about solitude in The Rosicrucian Digest as well as a Newsweek column entitled “My Turn”.

Merullo has won the Massachusetts Book Award for non fiction and the Maria Thomas Fiction Prize. He has been a Booklist Editor’s Choice recipient and was among the finalists for a PEN New England/Winship Prize. In 2009, Breakfast with Buddha was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and American Savior was chosen as an Honor Book in Fiction at the Massachusetts Book Awards. On June 14, 2009, Revere Beach Boulevard was named one of New England’s top 100 essential books by The Boston Globe. The Talk-Funny Girl was a 2012 Alex Award Winner.

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