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Kate Braverman
Kate Braverman
Born	February 5, 1949; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 12, 2019 (aged 70); Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA); Sonoma State University (MA);
Occupations	Novelist; short-story writer; poet;

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

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.^[3]

Career

Braverman was a member of the Venice Poetry Workshop, Professor of Creative Writing at California State University, Los Angeles,^[4] and staff faculty of the UCLA Writer's Program.

She also taught a private workshop that included Janet Fitch, Cristina Garcia and Donald Rawley.

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.

Death

Braverman died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 12, 2019.^[5]

Works

Novels

Lithium for Medea. Harper & Row. 1979. ISBN 0-06-010441-4.
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.

References

^ Pineda, Dorany (2019-10-14). "Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ "Kate Braverman - Author Interview - Literary Fiction".
^ "Error 404". Sonoma State University. 6 April 2016.
^ "Why English? Critical and Creative Traditions". Cal State LA. 22 October 2013.
^ "Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M." Los Angeles Times. 15 October 2019.

External links

[1] Pineda, Dorany (2019-10-14). "Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[2] "Kate Braverman - Author Interview - Literary Fiction".

[3] "Error 404". Sonoma State University. 6 April 2016.

[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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-'''Kate Braverman''' (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pineda |first1=Dorany |title=Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M. |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary |accessdate=2019-10-15 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=2019-10-14}}</ref> was an American [[novelist]], [[short story writer]], and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Philadelphia]] and moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1958 with her family; L.A. is the focus for much of her writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art40060.asp|title=Kate Braverman - Author Interview - Literary Fiction|publisher=}}</ref>
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+| death_place   = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], U.S.
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+'''Kate Braverman''' (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Pineda |first=Dorany |title=Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M. |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary |access-date=2019-10-15 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2019-10-14}}</ref> was an American [[novelist]], [[short story|short-story writer]], and [[poet]]. [[Los Angeles]] was the focus for much of her writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art40060.asp|title=Kate Braverman - Author Interview - Literary Fiction}}</ref>
-==Biography==
+==Formative years==
+Kate Braverman was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], on February 5, 1949. She moved to Los Angeles in 1958 with her family.
-Braverman had a BA in Anthropology from [[University of California, Berkeley]] and an MA in English from [[Sonoma State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma.edu/error-404|title=Error 404|date=6 April 2016|website=Sonoma State University}}</ref> She was a member of the Venice Poetry Workshop, Professor of Creative Writing at [[California State University, Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/dcareerhist.php|title=Why English? Critical and Creative Traditions|date=22 October 2013|website=Cal State LA}}</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary],</ref>
+Braverman earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Anthropology from [[University of California, Berkeley]] and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in English from [[Sonoma State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma.edu/error-404|title=Error 404|date=6 April 2016|website=Sonoma State University}}</ref>
+==Career==
+Braverman was a member of the Venice Poetry Workshop, Professor of Creative Writing at [[California State University, Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/dcareerhist.php|title=Why English? Critical and Creative Traditions|date=22 October 2013|website=Cal State LA}}</ref> and staff faculty of the [[UCLA]] Writer's Program.
+She also taught a private workshop that included Janet Fitch, Cristina Garcia and Donald Rawley.
+==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.
+==Death==
+Braverman died in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], on October 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary | title=Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M. | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=15 October 2019 }}</ref>
 ==Works==
 ===Novels===
-* {{cite book| title=Lithium for Medea| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKsC0lkkeXYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kate+Braverman&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false| year=1979 | first=Kate | last=Braverman | isbn=978-1-58322-471-7 | publisher=Seven Stories Press}}
+* {{cite book| title=Lithium for Medea| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKsC0lkkeXYC&q=Kate+Braverman| year=1979 | isbn=0-06-010441-4 | publisher=Harper & Row}}
-* {{cite book| title=Palm Latitudes| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29og7PjVDWAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kate+Braverman&lr=&cd=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false| year=1988 | first=Kate | last=Braverman | isbn=978-1-58322-572-1 | publisher=Seven Stories Press}}
+* {{cite book| title=Palm Latitudes| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29og7PjVDWAC&q=Kate+Braverman| year=1988 | isbn=978-1-58322-572-1 | publisher=Seven Stories Press}}
-* {{cite book| title=Wonders of the West| publisher=Fawcett Columbine| year=1993| isbn=978-0-449-90656-9| url=https://archive.org/details/wondersofwestnov00brav}}
+* {{cite book| title=Wonders of the West| url=https://archive.org/details/wondersofwestnov00brav| year=1993 | isbn=978-0-449-90656-9 | publisher=Fawcett Columbine}}
-* {{cite book| title=The Incantation of Frida K| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WkOgwV5YqYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kate+Braverman&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false| year=2001| first=Kate | last=Braverman | isbn=978-1-58322-571-4 | publisher=Seven Stories Press}}
+* {{cite book| title=The Incantation of Frida K| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WkOgwV5YqYC&q=Kate+Braverman| year=2001| isbn=978-1-58322-571-4 | publisher=Seven Stories Press}}
 ===Short stories===
@@ Line 19: / Line 48: @@
 ===Poetry===
+*{{cite book| title=Milk Run| publisher=Momentum Press| year=1977 }}
 *{{cite book| title=Lullaby for sinners| publisher=Pinnacle Books| year= 1981| isbn= 978-0-523-41539-0 }}
+*{{cite book| title=Hurricane Warnings| publisher=Illuminati| year=1987| isbn= 0-89807-146-1 }}
 *{{cite book| title=Postcard from August| publisher=Illuminati| year= 1990| isbn= 0-89807-262X }}
@@ Line 26: / Line 57: @@
 ===Anthologies===
-*{{cite book| title=Poetry Loves Poetry: An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets| editors=Bill Mohr, Sheree Levin| publisher=Momentum Press| year= 1985| isbn= 978-0-936054-50-6 }}
+*{{cite book| title=Poetry Loves Poetry: An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets|editor=Bill Mohr |editor2=Sheree Levin| publisher=Momentum Press| year= 1985| isbn= 978-0-936054-50-6 }}
 *[[The Best American Short Stories 1991]] {{ISBN|0-395-54409-2}}
 *{{cite book| title=Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards| editor=William Miller Abrahams| publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group| year=1992| isbn=978-0-385-42192-8| url=https://archive.org/details/prizestories199200abra}}
-*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpb49H-1cogC&pg=PA286&dq=Kate+Braverman&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=Kate%20Braverman&f=false| title=Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State| editor=Gerald W. Haslam| publisher=University of Nevada Press| year= 1999| isbn= 978-0-87417-325-3 }}
+*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpb49H-1cogC&q=Kate+Braverman&pg=PA286| title=Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State| editor=Gerald W. Haslam| publisher=University of Nevada Press| year= 1999| isbn= 978-0-87417-325-3 }}
 *{{cite book| title=The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories| editor=Ben Marcus| publisher=Anchor| year=2004| isbn=978-1400034826| url=https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofnewa00marc}}
-==Awards==
-She has won three [[Best American Short Stories]] awards, an [[O. Henry Award]], Carver Short Story Award, as well as the Economist Prize and an Isherwood Fellowship.  She is also the first recipient of Graywolf Press' Creative Nonfiction Award for ''Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir'', published February 2006.
 ==References==
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-[[Category:1950 births]]
+[[Category:1949 births]]
 [[Category:2019 deaths]]
 [[Category:American women novelists]]
 [[Category:American women short story writers]]
 [[Category:American women poets]]
-[[Category:Writers from California]]
+[[Category:Novelists from Philadelphia]]
-[[Category:Writers from Philadelphia]]
+[[Category:UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni]]
-[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
 [[Category:Sonoma State University alumni]]
 [[Category:20th-century American novelists]]
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 [[Category:20th-century American short story writers]]
 [[Category:21st-century American short story writers]]
-[[Category:Novelists from Pennsylvania]]

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