1. Robert Michael Lipsyte was born on January 16,1938 and is an American sports journalist and author and former ombudsman for ESPN.
12 Facts About Robert Lipsyte
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Robert Lipsyte is a member of the Board of Contributors for USA Today's Forum Page, part of the newspaper's Opinion section.
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Robert Lipsyte received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2001 for his contribution in writing for teens.
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Robert Lipsyte grew up in Rego Park, a neighborhood in the New York city borough of Queens.
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Young Robert Lipsyte devoted his childhood to books rather than sports.
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The protagonist of One Fat Summer, Bobby Marks, is similar to Robert Lipsyte: Bobby is an adolescent in the 1950s, suffering from a weight problem, who does something about it.
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In 1952, Robert Lipsyte took a summer job as a lawn boy and lost forty pounds, ridding himself of the youthful stigma of excess weight.
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Robert Lipsyte is especially concerned that children are subjected to sports in negative ways.
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Robert Lipsyte was among the first to accept and respect the heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali.
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Robert Lipsyte was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Robert Lipsyte won the annual award in 2001, citing four books published from 1967 to 1993.
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Robert Lipsyte's books focus on the search for self-definition by young adults.