15 Facts About Rikki Ducornet

Rikki Ducornet is an American writer, poet, and artist.

Rikki Ducornet was raised in a multicultural household as her father was Cuban and her mother was Russian-Jewish.

Rikki Ducornet's father encouraged her to read books by authors such as Albert Camus and Lao Tzu, and to pursue an exploration of knowledge.

Rikki Ducornet's father taught her rumba at the age of ten.

Rikki Ducornet spent part of her childhood in Egypt, the setting for her 2003 novel Gazelle, after her father received an invitation to teach at the University of Cairo.

Rikki Ducornet spent two years in Algeria in the mid-1960s after the Algerian war of Independence.

Rikki Ducornet says they met at a college party, and even though she was married at the time, he gave her his number.

Rikki Ducornet was intrigued by Fagen and was tempted to call him, but she decided against it.

Rikki Ducornet is known for her writing characterized by motifs of nature, Eros, abusive authority, subversion, and the creative imagination.

Rikki Ducornet hand writes the drafts of her books with pen and ink and when writing, Rikki Ducornet does not begin with a set plot but rather derives her stories from the hearts of her subjects.

Rikki Ducornet has illustrated books by Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Coover, Forrest Gander, Kate Bernheimer, and Anne Waldman among others.

In 2017, Rikki Ducornet partnered with multimedia artist Margie McDonald in a collaborative installation show at the Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend.

Rikki Ducornet uses themes of nature and magic in many of her works.

Rikki Ducornet was influenced by surrealism and has written about the movement.

Rikki Ducornet wrote the foreword to Penelope Rosemont's Surrealist Experiences: 1001 Dawns, 221 Midnights.