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Jessie Redmon Fauset

1882 - 1961

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Jessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961) was an editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her literary work helped sculpt African-American literature in the 1920s as she focused on portraying a true image of African-American life and history. Her black fictional characters were working professionals which was an inconceivable concept to American society during this time. Her story lines related to themes of racial discrimination, "passing", and feminism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jessie Redmon Fauset is the 3,578th most popular writer (up from 6,656th in 2019), the 5,155th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,244th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jessie Redmon Fauset ranks 3,578 out of 7,302. Before her are Russell Banks, Marilyn French, Aisha Taymur, Yuri Rytkheu, Thomas Corneille, and Musine Kokalari. After her are Dorothea Viehmann, E. W. Hornung, Antoine de la Sale, Torgny Lindgren, Teofilo Folengo, and Ozaki Kōyō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jessie Redmon Fauset ranks 159. Before her are Louis St. Laurent, Jenő Fuchs, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Elisabeth Abegg, Péter Tóth, and Benjamin Jones. After her are Henri Anspach, Henri Fabre, Aristarkh Lentulov, Kyusaku Ogino, Alexander Kutepov, and George Bellows. Among people deceased in 1961, Jessie Redmon Fauset ranks 102. Before her are Max Weber, Cuno Amiet, Andrzej Munk, H.D., Walter Bedell Smith, and Harriet Bosse. After her are Alexander Goldenweiser, Maneca, Ralf Törngren, Boris Vilkitsky, William Astbury, and Jean de Bie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jessie Redmon Fauset ranks 5,155 out of 20,380. Before her are George Seaton (1911), Kevin Hagen (1928), Marilyn French (1929), Cheryl Ladd (1951), Al Jardine (1942), and Samuel Wilson (1766). After her are Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Pete Maravich (1947), Rocky Graziano (1919), William Conrad (1920), Evelyn Furtsch (1914), and Vance D. Brand (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jessie Redmon Fauset ranks 402. Before her are Lois Lowry (1937), Jonathan Littell (1967), Robert McKee (1941), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Russell Banks (1940), and Marilyn French (1929). After her are James Russell Lowell (1819), Brandon Sanderson (1975), L. J. Smith (1965), Gary Snyder (1930), William Goldman (1931), and Howard Pyle (1853).

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