Gabriele Rico
Gabriele Lusser Rico (born July 11, 1937 in Augsburg ; † March 15, 2013 in Cupertino , California ) was an American lecturer in English and art education at San José State University and an influential writing teacher and author.
Life
She was a daughter of the German aircraft developer Robert Lusser from his first marriage. Her mother, Hildegard Fichter, was killed in a bomb drop in 1945. Gabriele Lusser lived in the USA since 1948 . She is best known for her dissertation Writing The Natural Way (German: Learn to write guaranteed ). In this book she developed clustering as a basic method of creative writing .
She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1976 and was elected student president in 1983. She died of cancer in 2013.
Works
- with Mary Frances Claggett: Balancing The Hemispheres. Brain Research And The Teachings Of Writing (= Curriculum publication. Vol. 14). University of California, Bay Area Writing Project, Berkeley CA 1980.
- Writing the Natural Way. Using right-brain techniques to release your expressive powers. JP Tarcher, Los Angeles CA 1983, ISBN 0-87477-236-2 (In German: Learn to write guaranteed. Developing linguistic creativity methodically - an intensive course based on modern brain research. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1984, ISBN 3-498 -05703-0 ).
- Pain and Possibility. Writing Your Way Through Personal Crisis. JP Tarcher, Los Angeles CA 1991, ISBN 0-87477-571-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rico, Gabriele |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lusser Rico, Gabriele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Lecturer in English and Art Education at San Jose State University and a writing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15 March 2013 |
| Place of death | Cupertino |