Elana Dykewomon Cause Of Death, Net Worth, Quotes, Awards, Age, Height, Parents, Husband, Children

Elana Dykewomon was an American lesbian activist, author, editor, and teacher. She studied fine art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, received a B.F.A. in creative writing from the California Institute of Arts, later and her M.F.A. from San Francisco State University.

Dykewomon lived in Oakland, California, and taught at her alma mater San Francisco State.

Sadly, she died on August 7, 2022.

Elana Dykewomon cause of death

Dykewomon’s cause of death was not stated.

Elana Dykewomon quotes

“Almost every woman I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness, that there is some deep, crazy part within her, that she must be on guard constantly against ‘losing control’ — of her temper, of her appetite, of her sexuality, of her feelings, of her ambition, of her secret fantasies, of her mind.” ― Elana Dykewomon, Sinister Wisdom 36: Surviving Psychiatric Assault & Creating Emotional Well-Being in Our Communities

“When you’re eleven you think every idea is born with you, that no one ever tried it the right way before. Your example, your own honesty, will make you a hero to everyone who knows you – and better, it will make people come to their senses and stop telling vicious lies about each other.” ― Elana Dykewomon, Beyond the Pale

“I remember that we are all young, and I feel youngness in me, that I can keep trying. You can try a hundred things in your life, and if nothing in those hundred makes you satisfied, you can still go on trying.” ― Elana Dykewomon, Beyond the Pale

Elana Dykewomon awards

• In 1998, Beyond the Pale won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Ferro-Grumley Award for lesbian fiction.
• In 2004, Riverfinger Women was selected as #87 in The Publishing Triangle’s list of 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels, by a panel of judges that included Dorothy Allison, Samuel R. Delany, Lillian Faderman, M.E. Kerr, Sarah Schulman, and Barbara Smith.
• In 2018, the Golden Crown Literary Society awarded Riverfinger Women with the Lee Lynch Classic Award because it is an “essential part of American literary history, LGBT literature, politics, and popular culture.”
• Dykewomon was awarded the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists’ Prize by the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in 2009.

Elana Dykewomon age

Dykewomon was born on October 11, 1949 and she died on August 7, 2022. She was 82 years.

Elana Dykewomon height

Dykewomon is of average height. Her exact height is not known but she was about 1.7m tall.

Elana Dykewomon parents

Dykewomon was born in New York City, to middle class Jewish parents. She moved together with her parents to Puerto Rico when she was eight.

There’s no further information on her parents.

Elana Dykewomon husband

Dykewomon was a lesbian hence didn’t have a husband.

She was married to Susan Levinkind. Sadly, Susan died in 2016. Elana and Susan were married for 26 years, according to altertheater.org.

Elana Dykewomon children

Dykewomon didn’t have any children.

Elana Dykewomon net worth

Dykewomon had an estimated net worth of ($1-$5)million.