Anne Roiphe

Infobox writer
name = Anne Roiphe
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birthname = Anne Roth
birthdate = birth date and age|1935|12|25
birthplace = New York City, New York
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occupation = Novelist, Non-fiction writer, Essayist
nationality = American
period = 1967—
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notableworks = "Up The Sandbox" (1970), "Fruitful: A Memoir" (1996)
spouse = Dr. Herman Roiphe
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Anne Roiphe (born December 25, 1935) is an American writer and journalist. She is best-known as a first-generation feminist, and author of the novel "Up The Sandbox" (1970), which was filmed as a starring vehicle for Barbara Streisand in 1972. [Thompson, Harold, The New York Times, "The Sandbox, With Streisand, Is A Joy," December 22, 1972.] In 1996, Salon called the book "a feminist classic." [Eckoff, Sally, Salon, "Fruitful," October 11, 1996.]

Background and education

Roiphe was born and raised in New York City [Roiphe, Anne, "1185 Park Avenue," New York: The Free Press, 2000. p. 3] . She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 1957.

Career

Over a four-decade career, Roiphe has proven so prolific that the critic Sally Eckoff observed, "tracing Anne Roiphe's career often feels like following somebody through a revolving door: the requirements of keeping the pace can be trying." [Eckoff, Sally, Salon, "Fruitful," October 11, 1996.] (Eckoff described the writer as "a free-thinking welter of contradictions, a never-say-die feminist who's absolutely nuts about children.") Roiphe published her first novel, "Digging Out", in 1967. Her second, "Up The Sandbox" (1970), became a national best-seller and made the author's career.

Roiphe has since published seven novels and two memoirs, while contributing essays and reviews to The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, and others. In 1993, "The New York Times" described her as "a writer who has never toed a party line, feminist or otherwise." [Noble, Barbara Presley, The New York Times, "AT LUNCH WITH: Katie and Anne Roiphe; One Daughter's Rebellion Or Her Mother's Imprint?", November 10, 1993.] Her 1996 memoir "Fruitful A memoir of Modem Motherhood" was nominated for the National Book Award. [Cavajal, Doreen, The New York Times, "National Book Award Finalists Named," October 3, 1996.]

From 1997 to 2002, she served as a columnist for The New York Observer. Her memoir "Epilogue" is forthcoming in 2008.

Personal

Roiphe is the mother of the cultural critic Katie Roiphe.

Books

Fiction

* "Digging Out" (1967)
* "Up The Sandbox" (1970)
* "Long Division" (1972)
* "Torch Song" (1977)
* "Loving Kindness" (1987)
* "If You Knew Me" (1993)
* "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1991)
* "Secrets of the City" (2003)
* "An Imperfect Lens" (2006)

Non-fiction

* "Generation Without Memory: A Jewish Journey Through Christian America" (1981)
* "Your Child's Mind: The Complete Book of Infant and Child Mental Health Care" (co-authored with Dr. Herman Roiphe) (1985)
* "A Season For Healing, Reflections on the Holocaust" (1988)
* "A Mother's Eye: Motherhood and Feminism" (1997)
* "Married: A fine Predicament" (2002)
* "Water from the Well: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah" (2006)

Memoirs

* "Fruitful A memoir of Modem Motherhood" (1996)
* "1185 Park Avenue, A memoir" (2000)
* "Epilogue: A Memor" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/anne_roiphe/index.html?offset=0&s=newest The New York Times: Anne Roiphe News]
* [http://www.observer.com/node/39738 The New York Observer: Anne Roiphe]
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/january97/roiphe_1-22.html Anne Roiphe on PBS' "The News Hour"; Thoughts on Feminism and Motherhood]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD9123AF933A25752C1A965958260 The New York Times: Anne Roiphe and Katie Roiphe]
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/223/000086962/ Anne Roiphe Profile]