Anna Livia Julian Brawn

Anna Livia Julian Brawn (November 13, 1955 in Ireland – August 5 2007 in California). Her pen name for her novels was "Anna Livia", she was a "widely read lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist", well-known for her fiction and non-fiction regarding issues of sexuality. From 1999 until the time of her death she was a member of staff at University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

She had travelled to Australia on holiday in the late 1970s where mother had moved to - and where her sister and family now also lives. Components of her first novel 'Relatively Norma' stem from that visit.

When she died, an article appeared in the "Guardian" which stated that she "...gave birth to some of the most witty, politically astute and challenging women's writing of the late 20th century", and "...was one of the most widely read of that generation."

Works

Novels

* "Relatively Norma" (1982) London : Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500109
* "Accommodation Offered" (1985) London : Women's Press, 1985. ISBN 0704328577
* "Bulldozer Rising" (1988) Onlywomen (publisher). ISBN 0906500273
* "From a Hole in Heaven's Floor" (1990) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada : Tyro Pub., ISBN 0921249187
* "Minimax" (1991) Portland, Or. : Eighth Mountain Press. ISBN 0933377126
* "Bruised Fruit" (1999) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A. Firebrand Books. ISBN 1563411067

hort stories

* "Minimax" (1992)

Collections

* "Incidents Involving Warmth: A Collection of Lesbian Feminist Love Stories" (1986) London : Only Women Press. ISBN 0906500214
* "The Pied Piper : lesbian feminist fiction", with Lillian Mohin. Publisher: London : Onlywomen, 1989. ISBN 090650029X OCLC 60022644
* "Saccharin Cyanide" (1990) Onlywomen. ISBN 0906500354
* "Incidents Involving Mirth: Short Stories" (1990). Publisher: Portland, Or. : Eighth Mountain Press, 1990. ISBN 0933377142

Non fiction

* "Unleashing Feminism: Critiquing Lesbian Sadomasochism in the Gay Nineties" (1993) (with Kathy Miriam and Pat Parker)
* "Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality" (1997) (Book) (with Kira Hall); New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0195104706 ISBN 0195104714
* "Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender" (2000) Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195138538
* "Doing Sociolinguistic Research on the French Minitel", (Article) in American Behavioral Scientist, 43, no. 3 (1999): 422-435 ; Sage Publications OCLC 89434156
*A reading with Bart Schneider, Anna Livia 4/29/1999; with Bart Schneider; San Francisco State University. Poetry Center.; San Francisco State University. American Poetry Archive. (VHS tape) Publisher: San Francisco : Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, ©1999. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70634326&referer=brief_results OCLC 70634326]
*Oral History: Snapshots from a Family Album (Article), in International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, 5, no. 2 (2000): 215-219. Springer. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/90686787&referer=brief_results OCLC 90686787]
*"Public and Clandestine: Gay Men's Pseudonyms on the French Minitel", in Sexualities, 5, no. 2 (2002): 201-217. Publisher: Sage Publications [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/89287475&referer=brief_results OCLC: 89287475]

Translations

* "A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney" Norwich, VT: New Victoria Publishers Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-934678-38-3.
* "The Angel and the Perverts" (by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus) (Original French edition published in 1930)-(1995) New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-5098-2.

ources

* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2177097,00.html "Anna Livia"] , at Guardian Unlimited (cite URL:http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2177097,00.html) stating "Widely read lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist.... born Anna Livia Julian Brawn in Dublin"
* http://www.glbtq.com/literature/barney_nc.html - brief biography of Natalie Clifford Barney

External links

* http://french.berkeley.edu/people/people_ind.php?id=43
* http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=25602