Christine Benvenuto
Christine Benvenuto is an American journalist and writer. It is attributed to feminism and was particularly known for depictions of the transgender problem.
Life
Christine Benvenuto grew up in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA.
She was married to Joy Ladin and lives in New England with her husband, Harvard economist Stephen Marglinden, and three children from her first marriage.
Fonts
- Sex reassignments
Benvenuto is the author of Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On , in which she portrays the experiences of twenty years of marriage and family life with a transsexual husband.
- The pagan woman
In her work Shiksa: The Gentile Woman in the Jewish World , Benvenuto depicts the difficulties of a " chicse ", i.e. a non-Jewish woman, in an Orthodox Jewish family.
Benvenuto is the author of a large number of short stories, articles and reports.
Prizes and awards
- 2012 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize for her short story "Death in Brooklyn."
- Ludwig Vogelstein Award for poetry
Publications
- Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On. St. Martin's Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-312-64950-0 .
- Shiksa: The Gentile Woman in the Jewish World. St. Martin's Press, 2004, ISBN 0-312-31146-X .
- Sextet: A Literary Love Triangle. E-book. She-books 2014, ISBN 978-1-940838-34-2 .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ My husband's sex change. In: theguardian.com , November 2, 2012.
- ↑ Author: Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival: 2012 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Winner. Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Benvenuto, Christine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |