Sue Kaufman (August 7, 1926 – June 25, 1977) was an American author best known for the novel ''Diary of a Mad Housewife''.

Biography

Kaufman was born in Long Island, New York. She received her degree from Vassar College in 1947. In 1953, she married a doctor named Jeremiah Abraham Barondess, with whom she had a son. At Vassar, she did some editorial work. Her works appeared in ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Paris Review'', and ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Her first novel came out in 1959. In 1967, she wrote ''Diary of a Mad Housewife'', which was adapted as a movie in 1970. She died in Manhattan in 1977 at the age of 50 after a long illness. The

Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory ...

is named in her honor.

Bibliography

*''The Happy Summer Days'' (1959) *''Green Holly'' (1961) *''Diary of a Mad Housewife'' (1967) *''The Headshrinker's Test'' (1969) *''Falling Bodies'' (1974) *''The Master and Other Stories'' (1976)

References

American women novelists American women short story writers People from Long Island Vassar College alumni 1926 births 1977 deaths Writers from New York City 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers Novelists from New York (state) {{US-novelist-1920s-stub