Cathleen Schine
Cathleen Schine (* 1953 in Westport , Connecticut , USA ) is an American writer.
Life
The focus of her school education at Sarah Lawrence College was initially on the field of " creative writing " and writing poetry. But already there her main interest changed: from then on, medieval literature, with a focus on the illustrated texts of the 13th century, was the focus of her studies, which she continued in New York, at Barnard College and at Columbia University .
At the age of 20 she was diagnosed with colitis , an inflammatory and painful bowel disease. During the lengthy therapy session, Cathleen Schine began writing about these experiences for The Village Voice magazine . The editor encouraged her to use the material for a book as well. She made her debut in 1983 with the novel Alice in Bed , which tells the life of a shrewd young woman suffering from a painful hip disease and which received critical reviews.
Cathleen Schine lives as a freelance writer with her husband, film critic David Denby , and their two sons in Manhattan and writes for several newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times Book Review and The New York Review of Books . Several of her novels were made into films.
Works
- Alice in Bed , novel, 1983
- To the Birdhouse , Roman, 1990
- Rameau's Niece , Roman (original title: Rameau's Niece (1993), German by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini), dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-12328-1 .
- The Evolution of Jane (1998).
- The love letter , novel (German by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini)
- Darwin's Whims , novel (German by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini)
- Days with Emma , Roman (German by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini)
- A love in Manhattan , Roman (German by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini)
Web links
- Literature by and about Cathleen Schine in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schine, Cathleen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westport (Connecticut) , USA |