Joanne Limburg

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Joanne Limburg
Born1970
London, England
Notable worksFemenismo,
Paraphernalia

Joanne Limburg (born 1970) is a British writer and poet based in Cambridge. She has published three books of poetry for adults, one book of poetry for children, a novel and two books of memoirs.

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Life

Limburg was born in London to parents who were Reform Jews and raised in Stanmore, a district of Hackney, and Edgware. [1] [2] Her grandmother came from Kremenchug in Ukraine, while her father's family arrived before the late 19th century. [1] At Cambridge University, she studied philosophy. [2] Followed by an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Kent.

She won an Eric Gregory Award in 1998 for her poetry. [3] Her first book of poetry, Femenismo was published in 2000. The book was shortlisted for the 2000 Forward Prize Best First Collection. [4] Her debut novel, A Want of Kindness, which concerns the 18th century monarch Queen Anne, was published in 2015. [1] "Despite the constraints imposed by her wet heroine, Limburg has written a deft, absorbing book about a fascinating period", wrote Antonia Senior in The Times . [5]

Limburg has written about the guilt of her miscarriage and the possibility that she had thoughts of harming her baby. [6] It was only during her pregnancy that she self diagnosed her own Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and later it was confirmed by a specialist. [7] She has Asperger's syndrome, which was diagnosed in her 30s. [8]

The Woman Who Thought Too Much, a memoir, was published in January 2011. [9] The book is revealing of the authors feelings about her own obsessive-compulsive disorder and the challenges it has brought. She has a need for constant reassurance. [4] Limburg has lost jobs over her fear of unusual things happening. She considers what would happen if her husband got cancer or a car hits her and her son. [7]

Limburg was a Royal Literary Fund fellow based at Magdalene College (2008–10) and Newnham College (2016–17), both in Cambridge. [10]

Following a PhD in Creative Writing at Kingston University she taught at De Montfort University. [11] She now teaches at the Institute of Continuing Education, part of the University of Cambridge. In 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Garvey, Anne. "Interview: Joanne Limburg". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Hephzibah (24 June 2010). "Review: The Woman Who Thought Too Much". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Joanne Limberg". InterLitq. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 Brown, Helen (16 April 2010). "The Woman Who Thought Too Much by Joanne Limburg". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Senior, Anne (18 July 2015). "Historical fiction: The Book of Aron; Watchmaker of Filigree Street; A Want of Kindness; Kit; Kingmaker: Broken Faith; Marston Moor". The Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.(subscription required)
  6. ↑ Limburg, Joanne (4 April 2010). "Once upon a life: Joanne Limburg". The Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 Fighting Back, 2010, The Express, Retrieved 26 March 2017
  8. ↑ Limburg, Joanne (16 July 2019). "I knew people found me uncanny and strange – then came the diagnosis that explained it all". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Finlayson, Iain (1 January 2011). "The Woman Who Thought Too Much: a Memoir of Obsession and Compulsion, by Joanne Limburg". The Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Joanne Limburg". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Joanne Limburg" . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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