Sue Kaufman





Sue Kaufman

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born
August 07, 1926 in New York, The United States

died
June 25, 1977

gender
female


About this author

Kaufman was born in Long Island, New York. She received her degree from Vassar College in 1947. In 1953 she married a doctor named Jeremiah Abraham Barondess with whom she had a son. At Vasser she did some editorial work and went on to writing. Her works appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and The Saturday Evening Post. Her first novel came out in 1959. In 1967 she wrote Diary of a Mad Housewife, which would be filmed as Diary of a Mad Housewife. She died in Manhattan in 1977, at the age of 50, after a long illness.[1] The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is named in her honor.


Average rating: 3.66 · 345 ratings · 43 reviews · 5 distinct works
Diary of a Mad Housewife
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Falling Bodies
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The Headshrinker's Test
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The Master, And Other Stories
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Life With Prudence: A Chill...
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