Dykewomon was born Elana Nachman in New York City to Jewish middle-class parents. When she was eight years old, her family relocated to Puerto Rico. Dykewomon grew up in Oakland, California, and attended San Francisco State University.
Elana Dykewomon was a lesbian activist, author, editor, and teacher from the United States. She received the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction.
Elana Dykewomon Cause of Death
Dykewomon died on August 7, 2022. The actual cause of her death has still not been made available to the public.
Riverfinger Women was Dykewomon’s first novel, published in 1974. Her second book, They Will Know Me By My Teeth, was published in 1976 under the pen name Elana Dykewoman and was “at once an expression of her strong commitment to the lesbian community and a way to keep herself ‘honest,’ because anyone reading the book would know the author was a lesbian.”