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Kate Jennings (Catherine Ruth Jennings) was born on 20 May, 1948 in Temora, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian poet, essayist, memoirist and novelist (1948–2021). Discover Kate Jennings's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Catherine Ruth Jennings
Occupation Poet · writer · essayist · memoirist · novelist
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 20 May 1948
Birthday 20 May
Birthplace Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 1 May, 2021
Died Place New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality Australia

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1948

Catherine Ruth Jennings (20 May 1948 – 1 May 2021 ) was an Australian poet, essayist, memoirist, and novelist.

Jennings grew up on a farm near Griffith, New South Wales.

1950

Both books contain strong autobiographical elements, Snake being about a girl growing up on a Riverina farm in the 1950s, and Moral Hazard about a couple facing Alzheimer's in the husband while the wife works as a speechwriter on Wall Street.

1960

She attended the University of Sydney in the late 1960s, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours.

1970

She was active in feminist and left wing-movements, in particular gaining notoriety for an incendiary speech given before a Vietnam Moratorium march in 1970 – a speech that is credited with signalling the beginning of the second wave of feminism in Australia.

She also edited Mother I'm Rooted, an anthology of women poets which was the object of much controversy.

1979

She moved to New York City in 1979, where she wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers, in addition to a stint on Wall Street as a speechwriter.

1983

In 1983, Jennings met Bob Cato, a graphic designer, photographer, and collagist who helped turn the record album into an important form of contemporary art.

1987

They were married in 1987; he died in March 1999.

Jennings died on 1 May 2021, in New York.

Her poetry and short stories were well received, but she came into her own with her novels.

Her first, Snake was described variously as "lethal and fast-moving" (Publishers Weekly), "a narrative of pure anguish" (The Times Literary Supplement), and "possessing a holographic shimmer" (The New York Times Book Review).

It was reported to have just missed the Booker Prize shortlist.

Moral Hazard has been called "humane and unsparing; witty, unsettling, and wildly intelligent" by Shirley Hazzard, author of The Transit of Venus.

2003

Jennings was awarded the Christina Stead Prize for fiction for Moral Hazard, which was also shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Award, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, and the Tasmania Pacific Region Prize.

Snake was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, as was Moral Hazard.

2008

In 2008, she published Stanley and Sophie, a memoir ostensibly about her dogs but also about life in New York City after 9/11, politics in the US and her encounters with two macaques in Bali at the time of the 2005 bombing there.

2010

In March 2010, she published "Trouble", an autobiographical collection of her best work from the last four decades, covering topics from politics, morality, finance, feminism and the writing life.

Jennings is also known for writing outspoken essays and op-eds on the state of fiction, the direction of feminism, malfeasance in the financial industry, and the abuse of language in the business world.

Andrew Field, a prominent Nabokov scholar, describes Jennings as a "ferocious truth-teller", He also cites her "humor, her obdurate individuality, and her willingness to say what other people won't."