Christopher Coe
Christopher Coe | |
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| Born | 1952 or 1953 Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 41) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | Columbia University |
Christopher Coe (1952/1953 – September 6, 1994) was an American novelist.
Life
[edit]Coe was born in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, and raised in Portland, Oregon. As an adult he lived in both New York City and Paris. Educated at Columbia University, he was a classmate of Amy Hempel, David Leavitt and Anderson Ferrell.[1]
His first novel, I Look Divine, was published in 1987; his second, Such Times, was published in 1993.[2] As well as a writer, Coe also worked as a photographer and cabaret singer.
Coe died of AIDS on September 6, 1994, at his home in Manhattan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Clark, William Lane (1993). "Christopher Coe". In Nelson, Emmanuel S. (ed.). Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 71–76. ISBN 0-313-28019-3.
- ^ a b "Christopher Coe, 41; Wrote Gay Novels". The New York Times. September 8, 1994. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
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