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Abigail Child

American writer and filmmaker · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1948 · age 78

Abigail Child is an American filmmaker, poet, and writer who has been active in experimental writing and media since the 1970s. Child was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1948. She has completed more than thirty film and video works and installations, and six books.

Abigail Child is read about 3 times a day, in 6 languages.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1995
Rome Prize

About this person

Child identifies as a person of Left political ideology and considers herself a feminist. Child's early film work addressed the interplay between sound and image through reshaping narrative tropes, prefiguring many concerns of contemporary film and media.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78

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