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Joanna Russ

1937 - 2011

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Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny. She is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction and satire, and the story "When It Changed". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Russ is the 4,651st most popular writer (up from 5,015th in 2019), the 6,978th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,048th in 2019) and the 527th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joanna Russ ranks 4,651 out of 7,302. Before her are A. Merritt, Sahar Khalifeh, Nathanael West, Géza Csáth, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor. After her are Larysa Hienijuš, Jean Cassou, Frik, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Dora Gabe, and Ivan Olbracht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Joanna Russ ranks 348. Before her are Merle Haggard, Jack Nitzsche, Vasyl Durdynets, Jørgen Leth, Sergey Ling, and Christina Schollin. After her are Moacyr Scliar, Pat Roach, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Ali Treki, Bruno Mora, and Una Stubbs. Among people deceased in 2011, Joanna Russ ranks 289. Before her are Nat Lofthouse, Birgitta Trotzig, Friedrich Kittler, George Devol, Jean Tabary, and Seve Ballesteros. After her are Moacyr Scliar, Gil Scott-Heron, Stig Sundqvist, Boris Chertok, Nate Dogg, and Sakyo Komatsu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 6,980 out of 20,380. Before her are Tyler Perry (1969), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), William Lane Craig (1949), Billy Burke (1966), Harry Shearer (1943), and Marc Ribot (1954). After her are Ruth Buzzi (1936), Monica (1980), Henry Gunther (1895), Randal Kleiser (1946), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Piper Perabo (1976).

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Among writers born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 527. Before her are Robert Richardson (1955), Sandra Brown (1948), Mary McCarthy (1912), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), A. Merritt (1884), and Nathanael West (1903). After her are Maxwell Anderson (1888), Chris Morgan (1966), William Wharton (1925), Shel Silverstein (1930), Elbert Hubbard (1856), and Zane Grey (1872).

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