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Dorothy Allison

1949 - 2024

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Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won a number of awards for her writing, including several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Dorothy Allison is the 5,470th most popular writer (up from 6,106th in 2024), the 8,633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,254th in 2019) and the 640th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Dorothy Allison ranks 5,470 out of 7,302. Before her are Kang Kyeong-ae, Ghazaros Aghayan, Alexander Shishkov, Holly Black, Sven Delblanc, and Max Eastman. After her are Isabel-Clara Simó, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Ulrich Plenzdorf, K. Shivaram Karanth, Peter Härtling, and Leslie Charteris.

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Among people born in 1949, Dorothy Allison ranks 530. Before her are James Wani Igga, Yuri Baturin, Ieremia Tabai, Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Hana Mašková, and Marie-George Buffet. After her are Anthony Denison, Claudia Kolb, Toyokazu Nomura, Heini Hemmi, Alberto Cardaccio, and Richard Neal. Among people deceased in 2024, Dorothy Allison ranks 402. Before her are Marlena Shaw, Robert Coover, Bob Bryar, Phelekezela Mphoko, Maxine Singer, and Ben Vautier. After her are Gary Shaw, Toumani Diabaté, Charles Cyphers, Bernard Baudoux, Lance Larson, and David Walker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Allison ranks 8,637 out of 20,380. Before her are Leonard Warren (1911), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), Art Acord (1890), Max Eastman (1883), Roberta Williams (1953), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Doug Burgum (1956), and Bob Sapp (1973). After her are Anthony Denison (1949), Bill Carr (1909), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), and Sam Lloyd (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dorothy Allison ranks 640. Before her are Robert Christgau (1942), Alison Lurie (1926), Walter J. Ong (1912), Robert Bly (1926), Holly Black (1971), and Max Eastman (1883). After her are Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Judith Krantz (1928), Sara Paretsky (1947), Lew Rockwell (1944), Ann Bannon (1932), and Kristin Hannah (1960).

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