Evelyn Torton Beck
Evelyn Torton Beck | |
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| Born | January 18, 1933 Vienna, Austria |
| Spouse(s) | Anatole Beck (1954-1974) Lee Knefelkamp |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Kafka and the Yiddish theater : a study of the impact of the Yiddish theater on the work of Franz Kafka (1969) |
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| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
Evelyn Torton Beck (born January 18, 1933) is a retired American academic. Until her retirement in 2002 she specialized in women's studies, Jewish women's studies and lesbian studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Beck has published a number of essays and books on Judaism. She came to wider prominence in 1982 with her book, Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, a compilation of poems, essays, reminiscences and short stories, believed to be the first published collection of works by lesbian Jewish women in the United States.