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Catherynne M. Valente
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Personal Statement: Catherynne M Valente is novelist, poet, and critic, whose innovative work is receiving great acclaim in the literary world. She continually blurs the boundaries between prose and poetry, producing cross-genre work which has been called "brave and luscious, fierce and humorous, and utterly unique." (KJ Bishop)

Her classical roots combine with a postmodern consciousness to create a vibrant voice of which Diane Wakoski has said: "We all have our individual ideas about Sappho, but my vision of her, reincarnated into the American 21st century, is Catherynne M. Valente."
Current Work
Valente's debut novel, The Labyrinth is scheduled for release on September 1st, 2004. (Prime/Wildside)

Her second novel, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams is due out in October, followed by a collection of poetry, Z and Other Myths of Origin. 2005 will see the launch of her four-volume sequence of fairy tales, The Daughters' Tales. Several short stories are slated to appear in various venues throughout 2004/2005. Her chapbook of poetry, Music of a Proto-Suicide, is available by clicking here.

In progress now are Under In the Mere, a surrealist Arthurian novel, and The Floor of Heaven, a novel which chronicles a strange journey through modern Japan through the lens of a baroque brand of magic realism. She is also co-authoring a book on feminine archetypes in classical drama with Dr. Linda O. Valenty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Short Bio
Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics.

She is currently on hiatus from her graduate program in Comparative Literature and residing in Yokosuka, Japan, among the sushi and the geisha.

Her work in poetry and fiction can be found online and in print in such journals as The Pedestal Magazine, Poetic Injustice, NYC Big City Lit, Byzantium, the forthcoming collection The Book of Fabulous Beasts, The Pomona Valley Review, and The American River Review.

2004/2005 will see the release of seven book-length works by Valente.

Her critical work, (The Sacrifice of Polyxena: Feminine Archetypes in Selected Ancient Greek and Roman Drama), will appear this winter in the International Journal of the Humanities. A second article in this series, Tell Me About Your Mother: Oedipus, Female Archetypes, and Parallel Versions of The Phoenician Women was presented in Tuscany at the World Conference for the Humanities in July, 2004.
Honors
Special Commendation for Service in the Arts from California State University, 2003.
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Contact
PSC473 Box 2421
FPO AP, United States of America
96349-2421
Artist Location
FPO AP, United States of America

Type of artist
Writer
General Themes
Feminism/Gender Issues, History, Sexuality, Art Forms/Art Criticism, Race/Ethnicity/Cultural Identity
Keywords
classics, surrealism, poetry, mythology, Asian culture, Greek, prose-poetry, fairy tales
Last updated on July 31st, 2006

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