CYNTHIA OZICK (1928- ).

American women authors; Ozick, Cynthia, 1928-; Women poets; Biographies; Social isolation; Puttermesser Papers, The (Book)

The article focuses on American women author Cynthia Ozick. Born in New York in 1928, Ozick was a child of Russian-Jewish immigrants who owned a drugstore. Her claim as a writer of importance came with the publication of her first collection, "The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories." Ozick's career reveals essays, novels and stories, and she has become known as a writer for intellectuals. Her writing style involves the quarrel with the self and her characters are "noisy," often working out their disputes in terms that stir the emotions to a boil. Two of her best known stories are "Envy; or Yiddish in America," and "Usurpation (Other People's Stories)." Some of her works include "The Shawl," "Fame and Folly," and "The Puttermesser Papers."