Georgina Kleege

Georgina Kleege (born 1956) is an American writer and a professor of English at University of California, Berkeley. Kleege was diagnosed as legally blind, with macular degeneration, at age 11. Kleege has written classic essays and memoirs in the field of disability studies on blindness and teaches a range of classes at Cal Berkeley with a specialization in creative writing and disability studies. She is best known for her autobiographical collection of essays in 1999 with her book titled ''Sight Unseen'', where she compared her view of the world to the world's view of blindness. Her work often explores the relationship of art, culture, technology, and disability. Provided by Wikipedia