Irma kurtz biography

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]

Early life

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]

Career

Journalism

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 fro