Maggie Humm | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia King's College London |
| Occupation(s) | Academic Author |
| Notable work | Talland House (2020) |
| Website | www |
Maggie Humm (born 1945) is an English feminist academic and emeritus professor of cultural studies at the University of East London. She has written on feminism and modernism, particularly the work of Virginia Woolf.
Humm was educated at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 1966. She gained a Ph.D. from King's College London in 1980. [1]
Humm's novel Talland House was chosen by the Washington Independent Review of Books as one of 51 'books of the year' for 2020. [2]
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