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Kathy Acker

(1947–1997) Poet United States

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Kathy Acker was a poet from the United States, best known for Great expectations: A Novel (Acker, Kathy).

Quick Facts About Kathy Acker

Born
April 18, 1947
Died
November 30, 1997
Nationality
United States
Profession
Poet
Notable works
Great expectations: A Novel (Acker, Kathy)
Known for
Blood and Guts in High School

About Kathy Acker

Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with complex themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality, language, identity, and rebellion. Her writing incorporates pastiche and the cut-up technique, involving cutting-up and scrambling passages and sentences; she also defined her writing as existing in the post-nouveau roman European tradition. In her texts, she combines biographical elements, power, sex and violence.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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