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Gloria E. Anzaldúa

1942 - 2004

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an American scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory. She loosely based her best-known book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), on her life growing up on the Mexico–Texas border and incorporated her lifelong experiences of social and cultural marginalization into her work. She also developed theories about the marginal, in-between, and mixed cultures that develop along borders, including on the concepts of Nepantla, Coyoxaulqui imperative, new tribalism, and spiritual activism. Her other notable publications include This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981), co-edited with Cherríe Moraga. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria E. Anzaldúa is the 1,884th most popular writer (up from 4,777th in 2019), the 2,758th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,531st in 2019) and the 223rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gloria E. Anzaldúa ranks 1,884 out of 7,302. Before her are Siri Hustvedt, Hugh Lofting, Tonino Guerra, Tristan Corbière, Chūya Nakahara, and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder. After her are Nicolás Guillén, Luigi Illica, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Pjetër Bogdani, Émile Augier, and João de Barros.

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Among people born in 1942, Gloria E. Anzaldúa ranks 186. Before her are Eliso Virsaladze, Milton Nascimento, Bill Conti, Mitch McConnell, Gemma Jones, and Ruslan Khasbulatov. After her are Gianfranco Ravasi, Jozef Adamec, Ann Dunham, Don S. Davis, Walter Lini, and Janusz Korwin-Mikke. Among people deceased in 2004, Gloria E. Anzaldúa ranks 81. Before her are Serge Reggiani, Thanom Kittikachorn, Sacha Distel, Zenkō Suzuki, Jean Rouch, and Frances Shand Kydd. After her are Gordon Cooper, Harold Shipman, John Charles, Alan King, Marco Pantani, and Shiing-Shen Chern.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria E. Anzaldúa ranks 2,758 out of 20,380. Before her are Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Richard Pryor (1940), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), and Elizabeth Peña (1959). After her are Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Claude Akins (1926), Paul Sorvino (1939), Robert Plutchik (1927), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), and Merian C. Cooper (1893).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gloria E. Anzaldúa ranks 223. Before her are Philip José Farmer (1918), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), John Green (1977), Richard Ford (1944), and Siri Hustvedt (1955). After her are Shirley Jackson (1916), Frederik Pohl (1919), E. E. Cummings (1894), John Barth (1930), Nelson Algren (1909), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).

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