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Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 – November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality and rebellion. She was influenced by the Black Mountain School poets, William S. Burroughs, David Antin, Carolee Schneeman, Eleanor Antin, and by French critical theory, mysticism, and pornography, as well as classic literature.

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Born	Karen Lehmann 18 April 1947 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died	30 November 1997 (aged 50) Tijuana, Mexico
Zodiac	Aries
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Robert Acker (I) - · m. 1966 info edit

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Peter Gordon 1951- musician · m. 1976; div. 1979 info edit

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Peter Wollen 1938-2019 British filmmaker info edit view couple »

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Sylvere Lotringer 1938-2021 French literary critic info edit view couple »

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