Christopher Coe | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1953-11-27)November 27, 1953 |
| Died | (aged 41) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | Columbia University |
Christopher Coe (November 27, 1953 – September 6, 1994)[1] was an American novelist.
Life
Coe was born in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, and raised in Portland, Oregon. As an adult he lived in both New York City and Paris. Educated at Columbia University, he was a student of Gordon Lish[2] and a classmate of Amy Hempel, David Leavitt and Anderson Ferrell.[3]
His first novel, I Look Divine, was published in 1987; his second, Such Times, was published in 1993.[4] His short stories were published in Harper's magazine and Story. As well as a writer, Coe also worked as a photographer and cabaret singer.
In January 1983, while in Paris, he had a romantic relationship with the composer Claude Vivier. Such Times is partly an account of this, fictionalized as the protagonist Timothy's relationship with a composer named “Claude,” but with departures from the actual relationship.[5] In the fall of 2025, Such Times was edited by Will Meyer and reissued by Archway Editions with previously unpublished photographs and a new introduction by Anderson Ferrell.[6]
Coe died of AIDS on September 6, 1994, at his home in Manhattan.[4]
External links
Christopher Coe at Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/PMY7-2JC
I Look Divine at the Internet Archive (read for free) https://archive.org/details/ilookdivine00coec
Such Times at the Internet Archive (read for free) https://archive.org/details/suchtimes00coec
References
- ^ Mack, S. Thomas (2023). "Christopher Coe | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ Lish, Gordon (2018). Winters, David; Lucarelli, Jason (eds.). Conversations with Gordon Lish. Literary conversations series. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4968-1626-9.
- ^ Clark, William Lane (1993). "Christopher Coe". In Nelson, Emmanuel S. (ed.). Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 71–76. ISBN 0-313-28019-3.
- ^ a b "Christopher Coe, 41; Wrote Gay Novels". The New York Times. September 8, 1994. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
- ^ Gilmore, Bob (June 1, 2014). Claude Vivier: A Composer's Life (1 ed.). Boydell and Brewer Limited. pp. 215–216. doi:10.1017/9781580468411. ISBN 978-1-58046-841-1.
- ^ Coe, Christopher (2025). Such Times. Brooklyn: Archway Editions. ISBN 978-1-64823-091-2.
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