Katharine Burdekin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Katharine Burdekin

British novelist

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1963

Profession: writer, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Katharine Burdekin (23 July 1896 – 10 August 1963) (born Katharine Penelope Cade) was a British novelist who wrote speculative fiction concerned with social and spiritual matters.
She was the younger sister of Rowena Cade, creator of the Minack Theatre in Cornwall.
Several of her novels could be categorised 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.