Dagoberto Gilb in 2001 Credit: photo by Bret Brookshire

Rumors were swirling last week about the health of Austin-based writer Dagoberto Gilb. A family representative put the rumors to rest with this statement released today:

“Dagoberto Gilb had a minor stroke on April 29. He is grateful for everybody’s concern and well wishes, and is now privately recuperating in rehab. He will be released within a few weeks and is looking forward to resuming writing and working.”

The award-winning writer’s most recent novel is The Flowers (2008). Prior to that he edited Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature (2006). Gilb is a tenured professor in the Creative Writing Program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

This article appears in May 8 • 2009.

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