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Highsmith, Patricia (1921-1995)
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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:01 authored by Sally MuntAcclaimed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith is the author of one explicitly lesbian novel, as well as the popular series featuring the amoral bisexual Tom Ripley. Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 19, 1921. Her father was of German and her mother of British descent. She was educated at Barnard College, New York, and became a freelance writer a year after she left college. She lived alternately in Europe and the United States, residing mostly in Switzerland. Among her hobbies were "carpentering, snail-watching, [and] travelling by train" (Who's Who 1992).
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RoutledgePublisher URL
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340-341Pages
739.0Book title
The gay and lesbian literary heritage: a reader’s companion to the writers and their works from antiquity to the present (revised edition)Place of publication
London and New YorkISBN
9780415929264Department affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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1st Edition published 1995. Republished and revised on-line in the GLBTQ Encyclopedia.Full text available
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Claude J SummersLegacy Posted Date
2012-02-06Usage metrics
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