Kate Braverman
Kate Braverman (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. Los Angeles was the focus for much of her writing.
Kate Braverman
- Name
- Kate Braverman
- Born
- 5 February 1949
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- 12 October 2019
- Place of death
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
- Education
- * University of California, Berkeley (BA)
- Occupation
- * Novelist
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- literary activity · poetry
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Kate Braverman • Born — 5 February 1949 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 12 October 2019 • Place of death — Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. • Education — * University of California, Berkeley (BA) • Sonoma State University (MA) • Occupation — * Novelist • short-story writer • poet
Formative years
Formative years
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.
Career
Career
Braverman was a member of the Venice Poetry Workshop, Professor of Creative Writing at California State University, Los Angeles, and staff faculty of the UCLA Writer's Program. She also taught a private workshop that included Janet Fitch, Cristina Garcia and Donald Rawley.
Death
Death
Braverman died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 12, 2019.
Novels
Novels
* * * *
Short stories
Short stories
• "Squandering The Blue", KGB Bar Lit * * • A Good Day For Seppuku. City Lights Publishers. 2018..
Poetry
Poetry
* * * *
Memoir
Memoir
*
Anthologies
Anthologies
* • The Best American Short Stories 1991 * * *
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Santa Fe.
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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.
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- 1.Pineda, Dorany. Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M. Los Angeles Times. 2019-10-14.
- 2.Kate Braverman - Author Interview - Literary Fiction.
- 3.Braverman, Kate. Living Posthumously. Sonoma State University. 1986.
- 4.Why English? Critical and Creative Traditions. Cal State LA. 22 October 2013.
- 5.Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M. Los Angeles Times. 15 October 2019.
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