The American writer, Tom Robbins, died at the age of 92, known for the surreal way of writing that combined with a peculiar humor with reality with imagination.

According to the New York Times, his son, Flitwood, confirmed the news of his death, without mentioning the cause, like his wife, Alex, a short time later.

“He was surrounded by his family and his faithful pets. During these difficult last chapters, he was brave, funny and sweet, “Alexa Robbins wrote. “Asked people to remember him by reading his books“

Robbins satisfied young people’s hippies, starting in the early 1970s with books that had a comprehensive philosophy of what he called a “serious playful mood” and a command that it must be pursued in the most bizarre ways.

Who was Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins, who died yesterday, February 9, was born on July 22, 1932. People magazine had also described him as “the eternal child of flowers who dip the teddy bears of history with a strange ink”.

His novels consist of complex, often fantastic stories with satirical background and many, strange, and well -documented details. Typical examples, the book The “Aroma of the Dream” and “Tryparos”.

His book “Even the Cowboys are sad” was transferred to the cinema by Gus Van Sad in 1993, starring Uma Therman. Despite the great success of the book, the film did not receive a warm reception, receiving mixed to negative reviews. However, the cast included famous names, such as Uma Therman in the lead role, Lorein Brako and Kianu Reeves.

He moved to New York for the purpose of becoming a poet, but later, he enlisted in Air Force. He served for three years in Korea.

There he was taught meteorology but sold in the black market with soaps and toothpaste. As he himself has said, ‘helped Mao to have his toothpaste“

He returned as a citizen in Richmond, Virginia in 1960. He was admitted to the Richmond Professional Institute, which was later renamed Virginia Commonwealth University. There he was also editor-in-chief of the University newspaper and author of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. After graduating, he moved to Seattle for a Masters in the School of Eastern Studies at the University of Washington. At that time he worked in The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Anttelligencer.

He has won the Golden Umbrella Award at the Bumbershoot Festival in 1997.

With the wandering plots, pop-philosophical sides and frequent piercings at social conferences and organized religion, Mr. Robbins’ books were the perfect accompaniment to travel.

Although he continued to write until the 21st century, he constantly chose titles that came from the day-glo whim of the era, such as “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” (1976), “Half Sleep in Frog Pajamas” (1994) and ” Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates ”(2000).

The lines of his story were secondary and difficult to explain. His literary characteristic was exaggeration, irony and comic mythical, combined for a result that was truly his own.

Get a representative line like this, from “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues”, his second novel: “One afternoon crammed by Mickey’s mouse, one afternoon carved by puree potato and chain, one afternoon scratched by meteorological dish of the dog. “

His first book, “Another Roadside Attraction” (1971), received critical praise (Rolling Stone called it “The Basic Novel of the 1960s”) and, after an initial decline in a hard cover, the novel took off.

Until the “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” appeared, five years later, the “Another Roadside Attraction” had sold more than 100,000 copies.