Anna Livia Julian Brawn
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Anna Livia Julian Brawnwho used the pen name
Anna Livia for her novels, was a "widely read lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist", well-known for her fiction and non-fiction regarding issues of sexuality. From 1999 until the time of her death she was a member of staff at University of California, Berkeley
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When she died, an article appeared in the Guardian which stated that she "...gave birth to some of the most witty, politically astute and challenging women's writing of the late 20th century", and "...was one of the most widely read of that generation."
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
Anna Livia for her novels, was a "widely read lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist", well-known for her fiction and non-fiction regarding issues of sexuality. From 1999 until the time of her death she was a member of staff at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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Biography
She had travelled to Australia on holiday in the late 1970s where mother had moved to - and where her sister and family now also lives. Components of her first novel Relatively Norma stem from that visit.When she died, an article appeared in the Guardian which stated that she "...gave birth to some of the most witty, politically astute and challenging women's writing of the late 20th century", and "...was one of the most widely read of that generation."
Novels
- Relatively Norma (1982) London : Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500109
- Accommodation Offered (1985) London : Women's Press, 1985. ISBN 0704328577
- Bulldozer Rising (1988) Onlywomen (publisher). ISBN 0906500273
- From a Hole in Heaven's Floor (1990) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada : Tyro Pub., ISBN 0921249187
- Minimax (1991) Portland, Or. : Eighth Mountain Press. ISBN 0933377126
- Bruised Fruit (1999) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A. Firebrand Books. ISBN 1563411067
Collections
- Incidents Involving Warmth: A Collection of Lesbian Feminist Love Stories (1986) London : Only Women Press. ISBN 0906500214
- The Pied Piper : lesbian feminist fiction, with Lillian Mohin. Publisher: London : Onlywomen, 1989. ISBN 090650029X OCLC 60022644
- Saccharin Cyanide (1990) Onlywomen. ISBN 0906500354
- Incidents Involving Mirth: Short Stories (1990). Publisher: Portland, Or. : Eighth Mountain Press, 1990. ISBN 0933377142
Non-fiction
- Unleashing Feminism: Critiquing Lesbian Sadomasochism in the Gay Nineties (1993) (with Kathy Miriam and Pat ParkerPat ParkerPat Parker was an African-American lesbian feminist poet.-Early life:Parker grew up working class poor in Third Ward, Houston, Texas, a mostly African-American part of the city...
) - Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality (1997) (Book) (with Kira Hall); New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0195104706 ISBN 0195104714
- Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender (2000) Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195138538
- Doing Sociolinguistic Research on the French Minitel, (Article) in American Behavioral Scientist, 43, no. 3 (1999): 422-435 ; Sage Publications OCLC 89434156
- A reading with Bart Schneider, Anna Livia 4/29/1999; with Bart Schneider; San Francisco State University. Poetry Center.; San Francisco State University. American Poetry Archive. (VHS tape) Publisher: San Francisco : Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, ©1999. OCLC 70634326
- Oral History: Snapshots from a Family Album (Article), in International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, 5, no. 2 (2000): 215-219. Springer. OCLC 90686787
- Public and Clandestine: Gay Men's Pseudonyms on the French Minitel, in Sexualities, 5, no. 2 (2002): 201-217. Publisher: Sage Publications OCLC: 89287475
Translations
- A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford BarneyNatalie Clifford BarneyNatalie Clifford Barney was an American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris....
Chicago, IL: New Victoria Publishers Inc., 1992. ISBN 978-0-934678-38-4. - The Angel and the Perverts (by Lucie Delarue-MardrusLucie Delarue-MardrusLucie Delarue-Mardrus was a French journalist, poet, novelist, sculptor, historian and designer...
) (Original French edition published in 1930)-(1995) New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-5098-2.
External links
- "Lecturer Passes Away Unexpectedly", The Daily Californian