Brenda Webster
Encyclopedia
Brenda Webster is an America
n writer
, critic
and translator
. She is the author of four novels, including "The Beheading Game".
. She was educated at Swarthmore College
, and Columbia University
, and completed doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley
. Webster is the current president of PEN West. She is also the co-editor of Hungry for Light: The Journal of Ethel Schwabacher.
from the Italian
for The Other Voice and The Penguin Book of Women Poets.
Brenda Webster is the author
of four novels, including Sins of the Mothers and Paradise Farm. Her memoir
, The Last Good Freudian was published by Holmes and Meier in 2000. The Modern Language Association
recently announced publication of Webster's translation of Edith Bruck's Holocaust novel
, Lettera alla Madre.
Vienna Triangle, the latest novel by Webster, will be published in Fall of 2009, and is said to explore Sigmund Freud
's role in the death of a brilliant disciple.
United States
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n writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
. She is the author of four novels, including "The Beheading Game".
History
Brenda Webster was born in New York City, the daughter of Ethel SchwabacherEthel Schwabacher
Ethel Kremer Schwabacher was a protege of Arshile Gorky, his first biographer, and herself a well-known abstract expressionist painter. Her daughter is the American writer and translator, Brenda Webster....
. She was educated at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
, and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, and completed doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. Webster is the current president of PEN West. She is also the co-editor of Hungry for Light: The Journal of Ethel Schwabacher.
Writings
Webster has written two critical studies: "Yeats: A Psychoanalytic Study" and "Blake's Prophetic Psychology", which have appeared in several anthologies. She has also translated poetryPoetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
from the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for The Other Voice and The Penguin Book of Women Poets.
Brenda Webster is the author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of four novels, including Sins of the Mothers and Paradise Farm. Her memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
, The Last Good Freudian was published by Holmes and Meier in 2000. The Modern Language Association
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature...
recently announced publication of Webster's translation of Edith Bruck's Holocaust novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, Lettera alla Madre.
Vienna Triangle, the latest novel by Webster, will be published in Fall of 2009, and is said to explore Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
's role in the death of a brilliant disciple.
Awards
Brenda Webster has been nominated for two Northern California Book Awards (2007).- FictionFictionFiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
: The Beheading Game by Brenda Webster. - TranslationTranslationTranslation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
: Letter to My Mother by Edith Bruck, translated by Brenda Webster.