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Kate Chopin biography

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  • NAME: Kate Chopin
  • OCCUPATION: Author
  • BIRTH DATE: February 08, 1850
  • DEATH DATE: August 22, 1904
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Louis, Missouri
  • PLACE OF DEATH: St. Louis, Missouri
  • Originally: Katherine O'Flaherty
  • AKA: Kate Chopin
  • AKA: Katherine Chopin

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Short-story writer and novelist Kate Chopin wrote The Awakening, a novel about a young mother who abandons her family, initially condemned but later acclaimed.

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Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, in St. Louis, Missouri. She began to write after her husband's death. Among her more than 100 short stories are "Désirée's Baby" and "Madame Celestin's Divorce." The Awakening (1899), a realistic novel about the sexual and artistic awakening of a young mother who abandons her family, was initially condemned for its sexual frankness but was later acclaimed. Chopin died in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 22, 1904.

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