Edith Konecky

Who is Edith Konecky?

Edith Konecky is an American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman, a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.

In brilliantly comic, deceptively simple vignettes, Konecky depicts the world of a nouveau riche Jewish American family in the early part of the 20th century. In her later novel, A Place at the Table, Konecky explores similar territory through the eyes of an older, more experienced heroine, Rachel. Her most recent works are a collections of short stories,Past Sorrows and Coming Attractions and a novel, View to the North.

Konecky is Jewish.