Katherine Russell Rich

This article is about the American writer. For other people named Katherine or Catherine Russell, see Katherine Russell (disambiguation).

Katherine Russell Rich (November 17, 1955 – April 3, 2012) was an American autobiographical writer from New York City.[1] Her first book, The Red Devil: To Hell with Cancer, and Back, told of a clash of cultures occurring when the author's breast cancer treatment caused her to lose her hair just when both romantic and professional difficulties came to a head. She had wanted the book to be called Chemosabe.[2]

Her book Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language, details a year she spent in India on assignment for The New York Times. Having been sent there to interview the Dalai Lama's doctor,[3] her assignment turned into a journey of linguistic awakening and of self-discovery.[4] It was nominated for the 2011 Dolman Travel Book Award.

Rich's articles were featured in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Oregonian, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue and Salon.[1] She received several grants and fellowships, including ones from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York Public Library’s Center for Scholars and Writers, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2011).[1]

Rich was interviewed for and was the subject of the third act of This American Life radio blog Episode 425, which aired on January 21, 2011.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Dreaming in Hindi - the new book from Katherine Russell Rich". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Chat with Katherine Russell Rich Author of the Red Devil: A Memoir About Beating the Odds". Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "The Language of Dreams: A Conversation with Katherine Russell Rich - 5/18/2009 - Publishers Weekly". Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  4. ^ An excerpt: "Guernica / Dreaming in Hindi". Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  5. ^ " "Slow to React". January 21, 2011.