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Lucina Kathmann (born 28 April 1942) is an American writer and activist. Her multilingual books, essays, and short stories have been published internationally. She has been an active member of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers fighting for freedom of expression since 1986 and as a board member of the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace, she represents PEN International at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She now acts as International Vice president Emerita of PEN International.

Early life
Kathmann was born to a pair of physicians. Kathmann earned her BA in philosophy from Harvard University in 1964 and an MA from Northwestern University in 1967.

Career
She taught philosophy at Barat College for a few years. Kathmann's writing is mainly about women, their struggles and accomplishments, their suppression and their extraordinary contributions to freedom and to literature. In 1989, her novel, The Adventures of the Magnificent Kong and Brawny Mouse was published by Liberty Press and later came out on special tapes for the blind.

Moving forward, she wrote a lot of her own pieces in English and Spanish. Throughout the nineties, Kathmann published essays, poetry, translations and children’s stories in a variety of magazines, anthologies, and other venues." A bilingual anthology of her children’s stories, Payshapes and the Bear, was published in 1999, which was recognized as a finalist in the International Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.

Books

 * The Adventure of the Magnificent Kong and Brawny Mouse, 1988
 * Payshapes and the Bear, Chiron Books, (English/Spanish)
 * To Make Ourselves Heard/Para que nos escuchen : historias del Comité de Escritos del, Biblioteca de Textos Universitarios, 2002
 * A Forest of Mathematics,Chiron Books, 2008
 * Private Spaces, Public Places: a woman at home in the world, Madeira Press, 2017

Essays

 * “The Woman Who Knows Latin (Inglés),” "Cordite Poetry Review"
 * “Destination Kurdistan,’’ "Cordite Poetry Review"
 * “Murder by Another Name,’’ "PEN INTERNATIONAL", 7 April 2013
 * “Ženske morajo prenašati več težav”/”Women Have to Put up with More Problems,”