Lucina Kathmann
Lucina Kathmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | Albany, New York |
| Occupation | Writer and activist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University and Northwestern University |
| Notable work | Payshapes and the Bear |
| Spouse | Charles Kuschinski (1942-1996) |
Lucina Kathmann (1942-present) is an American writer and activist. She has published books, essays, and short stories internationally in multiple languages. She has been an active member of PEN International since 1986[1] and helped found the organization's Women Writers Committee in 1991. Lucina represents PEN International at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Early life
[edit]Kathmann was born to a pair of physicians. Kathmann earned her BA in philosophy from Harvard University in 1964 and an MA from Northwestern University in 1967.
Career
[edit]She taught philosophy at Barat College for a few years.[2] Kathmann's writing is mainly about women, their struggles and accomplishments, their suppression and their extraordinary contributions to freedom and to literature. In 1989, her novel, The Adventures of the Magnificent Kong and Brawny Mouse was published by Liberty Press and later came out on special tapes for the blind.[3]
Moving forward, she wrote a lot of her own pieces in English and Spanish. Throughout the nineties, Kathmann published essays, poetry, translations and children's stories in a variety of magazines, anthologies, and other venues."[4] A bilingual anthology of her children’s stories, Payshapes and the Bear, was published in 1999, which was recognized as a finalist in the International Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.[5]
Selected bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- The Adventure of the Magnificent Kong and Brawny Mouse, 1988
- Payshapes and the Bear, Chiron Books, (English/Spanish)[6]
- To Make Ourselves Heard/Para que nos escuchen : historias del Comité de Escritos del, Biblioteca de Textos Universitarios, 2002[7]
- A Forest of Mathematics,Chiron Books, 2008[8]
- Private Spaces, Public Places: a woman at home in the world, Madeira Press, 2017[9]
Essays
[edit]- “The Woman Who Knows Latin (Inglés)” Cordite Poetry Review (2004)[10]
- “Mujer que sabe latín (Español)” Cordite Poetry Review (2004)
- “Destination Kurdistan” Cordite Poetry Review (2005)[11]
- “Guest-Blogger Lucina Kathmann, Author of a Forest of Mathematics / Un bosque de matemáticas” Madam Mayo (2009)
- “Battlefront Mexico” PEN International (2012)
- “Murder by Another Name” PEN International (2013)[12]
- “A History of the PEN International Women Writers Committee” PEN International Women Writers Committee Then and Now (2013)
- “China: PIWCC writes to Xi Jinping on recent ‘wave of arrests’” PEN International (2014)
- “First Day of CSW 63 United Nations New York NY 11 March 2019” Chicago Network for Justice & Peace (2019)
- “United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 63 Second Day – 12 March 2019” Chicago Network for Justice & Peace (2019)
- “A Report on the 62th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women” Chicago Network for Justice & Peace (2018)
- “United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 14 March 2019 CSW Day 4” Chicago Network for Justice & Peace (2019)
- “Double Danger: Woman & Journalist” Chicago Network for Justice & Peace (2019)
- “Ženske morajo prenašati več težav / Women have to endure more problems” Vrabec Anarhist (2020)[13]
- “A dangerous place in a dangerous country: an interview with Fernanda Ferral” PEN International (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ "PEN International's Oral Statement at the 57th CSW Session" (PDF). PEN_International. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism. Duke Univ Press. November 30, 2007. ISBN 978-0822390381. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Williams, Albert (4 May 1989). "Calendar". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (June 30, 2020). "PEN Journey 33: Senegal and Jamaica: PEN's Reach to Old and New Centers". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "The 2011 International Book Awards". International Book Awards. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "MBR: Children's Bookwatch, July 2009". Midwest Book Review. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "To make ourselves heard : stories from the International PEN Women Writers Committee / Lucina Kathmann = Para que nos escuchen : historias del Comité de Escritos del PEN International / Lucina Kathmann". The National library of Israel.
- ^ "A Forest of Mathematics: Learning Math With Payshapes and the Bear (libro en inglés)A Forest of Mathematics: Learning Math With Payshapes and the Bear (libro en inglés)". buscalibre. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Private Spaces, Public Places". Madeira Press.
- ^ "The Woman Who Knows Latin". Cordite Poetry Review. March 2004.
- ^ "Destination Kurdistan". Cordite Poetry Review. November 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Murder by Another Name by Lucina Kathmann". PEN International. April 17, 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Ženske morajo prenašati več težav". Portal za književnost in mišljenje. November 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2022.