Robin Tolmach Lakoff
November 27, 1942 - August 5, 2025
General Information
Bio
Robin Lakoff (1942-2025) Linguist, author. Robin Lakoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Walnut Creek, California.
Full Name
Robin Beth Tolmach Lakoff
Locations
Kings•New York
Author's Timeline
1942
Birth
Kings County: Robin Lakoff was born Robin Beth Tolmach in Brooklyn, New York, on November 27, 1942.
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Residence
New York County: As a child, Ms. Lakoff lived in the Stuyvesant Town neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York.
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Other Life Event
New York County: Ms. Lakoff attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York.
1975
Literary Work
Language and Woman's Place
Harpercollins College Division
0061320935 / 978-0061320934
Nonfiction.
Harpercollins College Division
0061320935 / 978-0061320934
Nonfiction.
1984
Literary Work
Face Value: The Politics of Beauty
Hacker Art Books
0710097425 / 978-0710097422
Nonfictioin written with Raquel L. Scherr.
Hacker Art Books
0710097425 / 978-0710097422
Nonfictioin written with Raquel L. Scherr.
1985
Literary Work
When Talk is Not Cheap: Or How to Find the Right Therapist When You Don't Know Where to Begin
Grand Central Publishing
0446513091 / 978-0446513098
Nonfiction written with Mandy Aftel.
Grand Central Publishing
0446513091 / 978-0446513098
Nonfiction written with Mandy Aftel.
1990
Literary Work
Talking Power: The Politics of Language
Basic Books
0465083587 / 978-0465083589
Nonfiction.
Basic Books
0465083587 / 978-0465083589
Nonfiction.
1993
Literary Work
Father Knows Best: The Use and Abuse of Power in Freud's Case of Dora
Teachers College Press
0807762679 / 978-0807762677
Nonfiction written with James C. Coyne.
Teachers College Press
0807762679 / 978-0807762677
Nonfiction written with James C. Coyne.
2000
Literary Work
The Language War
University of California Press
0520216660 / 978-0520216662
Collection of essays.
University of California Press
0520216660 / 978-0520216662
Collection of essays.
2004
Literary Work
Language and Woman's Place: Text and Commentaries (Studies in Language, Gender, and Sexuality)
Oxford University Press
0195167589 / 978-0195167580
Nonfictiion.
Oxford University Press
0195167589 / 978-0195167580
Nonfictiion.
2025
Death
Robin Lakoff died in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California, on August 5, 2025.
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