Claire Blatchford Explained

Claire Blatchford
Birth Place:	Washington D.C.
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Bennington College
Occupation:	Author, Teacher
Known For:	Spiritual books, Deaf literature

Claire Blatchford (born 1944 in Washington D.C.)^{[1] [2]} is an author. She became deaf at the age of six due to mumps. She graduated in 1966 from Bennington College.^{[1] [2]} and earned a master's degree from Adelphi University in the Waldorf School teacher training program and in Deaf education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is married and has two daughters.^[1] She continued working for several years as a teacher of deaf children.^[2] Claire Blatchford is an author of spiritual books and Deaf literature, including books and poetry.

Selected works

Spiritual books and deaf literature

• All Alone (1984)
• Turning: Words Heard from Within (1994, 2001)
• Many Ways of Hearing: 94 Multitasked Lessons in Listening (1997)^[3]
• Friend of My Heart: Meeting Christ in Everyday Life (1999)
• Becoming: A Call to Love (2004)
• Experiences with the Dying and the Dead: Waking to Our Connections with Those Who Have Died (2007)^[2]

Deaf poetry

• The Deaf Girl: a memory
• The Collector
• Centering
• Acorn
• Mid-winter^[1]

Notes and References

1. Jepson, J. C. (1992). Claire Blatchford. In No walls of stone: an anthology of literature by deaf and hard of hearing writers (pp. 20-25). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
2. Books by Claire Blatchford. (2004). SteinerBooks. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060718061747/http://www.lindisfarne.org/author.html?au=812
3. Web site: Claire Blatchford.