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Kate Braverman (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019)[1] was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. Los Angeles is the focus for much of her writing.[2]

Kate Braverman
Born	(1949-02-05)February 5, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 12, 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 70) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, Berkeley (B.A.) Sonoma State University (M.A.)
Occupation	Novelist short-story writer poet

Biography

Kate Braverman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1949. She moved to Los Angeles in 1958 with her family. Braverman earned a B.A. in Anthropology from University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in English from Sonoma State University.[3] She was a member of the Venice Poetry Workshop, Professor of Creative Writing at California State University, Los Angeles,[4] staff faculty of the UCLA Writer's Program and taught privately a workshop which included Janet Fitch, Cristina Garcia and Donald Rawley. She died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 12, 2019.[5]

Works

Novels

• Lithium for Medea. Seven Stories Press. 1979. ISBN 978-1-58322-471-7.
• Palm Latitudes. Seven Stories Press. 1988. ISBN 978-1-58322-572-1.
• Wonders of the West. Fawcett Columbine. 1993. ISBN 978-0-449-90656-9.
• The Incantation of Frida K. Seven Stories Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-58322-571-4.

Short stories

• "Squandering The Blue", KGB Bar Lit
• Squandering the Blue. Fawcett Columbine. 1990. ISBN 978-0-449-90551-7.
• Small Craft Warnings. University of Nevada Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-87417-321-5.
• A Good Day For Seppuku. City Lights Publishers. 2018. ISBN 978-0-87286-721-5.

Poetry

• Milk Run. Momentum Press. 1977.
• Lullaby for sinners. Pinnacle Books. 1981. ISBN 978-0-523-41539-0.
• Hurricane Warnings. Illuminati. 1987. ISBN 0-89807-146-1.
• Postcard from August. Illuminati. 1990. ISBN 0-89807-262X.

Memoir

• Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir. Graywolf Press. 2006. ISBN 978-1-55597-438-1.

Anthologies

• Bill Mohr; Sheree Levin, eds. (1985). Poetry Loves Poetry: An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets. Momentum Press. ISBN 978-0-936054-50-6.
• The Best American Short Stories 1991 ISBN 0-395-54409-2
• William Miller Abrahams, ed. (1992). Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-385-42192-8.
• Gerald W. Haslam, ed. (1999). Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-325-3.
• Ben Marcus, ed. (2004). The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories. Anchor. ISBN 978-1400034826.

Awards

Braverman won three Best American Short Stories awards, an O. Henry Award, and a Carver Short Story Award, as well as the Economist Prize and an Isherwood Fellowship. She was also the first recipient of Graywolf Press's Creative Nonfiction Award for Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir, published in February 2006.

References

External links

• Kate Braverman's official site
• Interview with Kate Braverman at Word Riot
• Interview with Kate Braverman at Bookslut.com
• Interview with Kate Braverman at SmallSpiralNotebook.com
• Interview with Kate Braverman at Zulkey.com
• Interview with Kate Braverman by Erin Jourdan
• "Interview", Zyzzyva, Spring 2004

На других языках

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[fr] Kate Braverman

Kate Ellen Braverman, née le 5 février 1949 à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie et morte le 12 octobre 2019 à Santa Fe au Nouveau-Mexique[1],[2], est une romancière, poétesse et nouvelliste américaine.

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