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Katharine Burdekin
| Full Name: | Katharine Burdekin |
| Born: | July 23, 1896 Spondon, Derbyshire, England |
| Died: | August 10, 1963 |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Nationality: | British |
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Biography
Katharine Burdekin also writes under the pen name of Murray Constantine
Katharine Burdekin was a British novelist who wrote speculative fiction dealing with political, social, and spiritual issues. She was the sister of Rowena Cade, creator of the Minack Theatre in Cornwall. Many of her novels could be categorized as feminist utopian/dystopian fiction. She also wrote under the name Kay Burdekin and under the pseudonym Murray Constantine. Daphne Patai unraveled "Murray Constantine's" true identity while doing research on utopian and dystopian fiction in the mid-1980s.
