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Kathy Acker
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amerikanische Schriftstellerin
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Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. She was influenced by the Black Mountain School poets, the writer William S. Burroughs, the artist and theoretician David Antin, French critical theory, feminist artists Carolee Schneeman and Eleanor Antin, and by philosophy, mysticism, and pornography.
Known for
- Traceroute — Self (archive footage)2016
- Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker? — Self2007
- The Falconer1998
- Kathy Acker in School1997
- Seeing Is Believing — Kathy Acker1992
- IDn4 — Kathy Acker1991
- The Golden Boat — Professor1991
- Kathy Acker — Self1984
- Dear Jimmy1978
- Blue Tape (Tape 2)1974
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Key facts
- Born
- Karen Lehman , ( 1947-04-18 ) April 18, 1947 (disputed) , New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- November 30, 1997 (1997-11-30) (aged 50), Tijuana , Baja California , Mexico
- Occupation
- Novelist poet playwright essayist critic performance artist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Subject
- Sexual politics, sexual taboo, sexual desire, queer and female fantasy, power dynamics, fragmented identity, childhood trauma, death and disease, violence and abuse, adolescent rebellion, pornography, literary plagiarism, language as resistance and inadequacy
- Literary movement
- Postmodernism Post-structuralism Post-structural feminism Blank Generation (literary) New Narrative
- Notable works
- Blood and Guts in High School (novel), Great Expectations , New York (short story)
- Notable awards
- Pushcart Prize (1979)
- Spouse
- Robert Acker (1966–19??), Peter Gordon (1976; annulled)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kathy
- Family name
- Acker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Tijuana
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Brandeis University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- belletristic literature
- Image
- 1996 Kathy Acker 004.jpg
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- cause of death
- breast cancer
- date of birth
- 1944-04-18
- date of death
- 1997-11-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- William S. Burroughs
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- P12674
- Rudolf Breitscheid
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Article · Deutsch
Kathy Acker (* 18. April 1947 in New York City; † 30. November 1997 in Tijuana, Mexiko) war eine amerikanische Schriftstellerin.Ihr erstes literarisches Werk hieß Black Tarantula. Unter diesem Pseudonym trat Kathy Acker zuweilen auch auf. Sie begeisterte sich für die Arbeiten von William S. Burroughs und für die Ideen und Texte des Antipsychiaters Ronald D. Laing.Kathy Ackers Ruf als Queen of Punk beruhte einerseits auf formalen und inhaltlichen Schwerpunkten ihrer literarischen Arbeit, andererseits aber auch auf der Stilisierung ihrer Person.
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