Bertha Harris
Bertha Harris (born December 17, 1937 in Fayetteville , North Carolina , † May 22, 2005 ) is an American writer and author .
Life
Harris was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and moved to New York City in the 1960s . She has received high reviews and praise, but her novels are less familiar to the general public. Harris is best known for her novella Lover (published 1976). She published two other novels, Catching Saradove (1969) and Confessions of Cherubino (1972). Both novels were published by Daughters, Inc. , a small publisher of women's literature.
In her three novels, Harris cultivates the aesthetics of late 20th century literature. Your works should be classified as examples of postmodern literature. Her novels are literary and stylistically in line with authors such as Virginia Woolf , Gertrude Stein and Djuna Barnes (whom Harris greatly admired). She cites the works of Jill Johnston and the dancer Yvonne Rainer as inspiration for her work . Together with Emily L. Sisley , she published the book The Joy of Lesbian Sex in 1977 . The novel Lover was reprinted in 1993 by New York University Press with a new foreword by Harris. In 1995 she published a biography for younger adults with Gertrude Stein. At the end of her life, she was working on her fourth novel, Mi Contra Fa , a comedy.
Works
- Catching Saradove (1969)
- Confessions of Cherubino (1972)
- Lover (released 1976)
- The Joy of Lesbian Sex (together with Sisley)
- Mi Contra Fa
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Harris, Bertha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fayetteville , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 2005 |