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Camille Paglia

1947 - Today

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Camille Anna Paglia ( PAH-lee-ə; born April 2, 1947) is an American academic, social critic and feminist. Paglia was a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1984 until the university's closure in 2024. She is critical of many aspects of modern culture and is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) and other books. She is also a critic of contemporary American feminism and of post-structuralism, as well as a commentator on multiple aspects of American culture such as its visual art, music, and film history. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camille Paglia is the 4,313th most popular writer (up from 4,599th in 2019), the 6,406th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,206th in 2019) and the 488th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Camille Paglia ranks 4,313 out of 7,302. Before her are Manuel Curros Enríquez, Yoko Tawada, Peyo Yavorov, David Almond, Vasyl Stefanyk, and Olav Duun. After her are Colm Tóibín, Ana Maria Machado, Arno Holz, Zhang Jie, Margita Figuli, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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Among people born in 1947, Camille Paglia ranks 449. Before her are Gerald McRaney, Arlo Guthrie, Christian Piot, Dave Alexander, Tristan Murail, and Marinho Peres. After her are Vladimir Oravsky, Hans Ooft, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Jim Steinman, Darlene Cates, and Pia Kjærsgaard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Camille Paglia ranks 6,407 out of 20,380. Before her are Otis Rush (1934), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Brett Cullen (1956), Mary Anderson (1859), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), and Francis Collins (1950). After her are Victor J. Stenger (1935), Scott Columbus (1956), Squanto (1585), Robert Berdella (1949), Jack Oakie (1903), and Helene Madison (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Camille Paglia ranks 488. Before her are Margaret Weis (1948), Hal Clement (1922), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Art Buchwald (1925), E. B. White (1899), and Julia Quinn (1970). After her are James Blish (1921), Richard Powers (1957), Joss Whedon (1964), Eudora Welty (1909), Betty Mahmoody (1945), and Irving Wallace (1916).

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