Irma Kurtz | |
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Born | New Jersey, US | September 3, 1935
Education | Barnard College, Columbia University |
Notable works |
agony aunt Cosmopolitan Magazine My Life in Agony |
Children | 1 son |
Irma Kurtz (born September 3, 1935) [1] is an American-born UK-based writer and agony aunt. [2] She has worked in that capacity for Cosmopolitan magazine for over 40 years. [3] [4] [5] She lives in London's King’s Cross. [6]
Kurtz was born in New Jersey in 1935, [3] and grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and spent time in New York City growing up. [7] Her father was a dentist. [7] She has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Columbia University. [3]
After university, Kurtz undertook the Study Abroad program traveling to Europe in 1954 as an 18-year-old on the Castel Felice, an episode she recounts in Then Again : Travels in Search of My Younger Self. [8] She returned and worked as a journalist, travelling in Europe and living in Paris, before settling in London. [7] She worked for Nova magazine from its beginning in 1965, and joined Cosmopolitan in the United Kingdom in 1972. [5] [7] Kurtz also wrote for the American edition for 10 years. [7]
Kurtz has written three self-help books, two novels and three travel books. [5]
Kurtz was the writer and presenter of Mediterranean Tales, a 10-part series for BBC4. [7]
She has a son, Marc, a television director, who is married with four children. [10]
Irma Kurtz | |
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Born | New Jersey, US | September 3, 1935
Education | Barnard College, Columbia University |
Notable works |
agony aunt Cosmopolitan Magazine My Life in Agony |
Children | 1 son |
Irma Kurtz (born September 3, 1935) [1] is an American-born UK-based writer and agony aunt. [2] She has worked in that capacity for Cosmopolitan magazine for over 40 years. [3] [4] [5] She lives in London's King’s Cross. [6]
Kurtz was born in New Jersey in 1935, [3] and grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and spent time in New York City growing up. [7] Her father was a dentist. [7] She has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Columbia University. [3]
After university, Kurtz undertook the Study Abroad program traveling to Europe in 1954 as an 18-year-old on the Castel Felice, an episode she recounts in Then Again : Travels in Search of My Younger Self. [8] She returned and worked as a journalist, travelling in Europe and living in Paris, before settling in London. [7] She worked for Nova magazine from its beginning in 1965, and joined Cosmopolitan in the United Kingdom in 1972. [5] [7] Kurtz also wrote for the American edition for 10 years. [7]
Kurtz has written three self-help books, two novels and three travel books. [5]
Kurtz was the writer and presenter of Mediterranean Tales, a 10-part series for BBC4. [7]
She has a son, Marc, a television director, who is married with four children. [10]