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Marilyn French

1929 - 2009

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Marilyn French (née Edwards; November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American radical feminist author, most widely known for her second book and first novel, the 1977 work The Women's Room. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn French is the 3,573rd most popular writer (up from 3,755th in 2019), the 5,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,815th in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Marilyn French ranks 3,573 out of 7,302. Before her are Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Tarafa, Gyula Krúdy, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Chittaranjan Das, and Russell Banks. After her are Aisha Taymur, Yuri Rytkheu, Thomas Corneille, Musine Kokalari, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and Dorothea Viehmann.

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Among people born in 1929, Marilyn French ranks 266. Before her are Lyudmila Zykina, Arnold Palmer, Katherine Helmond, John Osborne, James R. Schlesinger, and Antonietta Stella. After her are Franca Rame, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Petr Shelokhonov, Christian Marin, Halyna Sevruk, and Hans Clarin. Among people deceased in 2009, Marilyn French ranks 175. Before her are Roy E. Disney, František Veselý, Robert Holdstock, Allen Klein, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, and Ekaterina Maximova. After her are Hildegard Behrens, Pio Laghi, Mike Bongiorno, Karen Harup, Alain Bashung, and Fritz Darges.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn French ranks 5,150 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeff Conaway (1950), Ray Romano (1957), Russell Banks (1940), Charlie Christian (1916), George Seaton (1911), and Kevin Hagen (1928). After her are Cheryl Ladd (1951), Al Jardine (1942), Samuel Wilson (1766), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), and Pete Maravich (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilyn French ranks 401. Before her are Glen Cook (1944), Lois Lowry (1937), Jonathan Littell (1967), Robert McKee (1941), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), and Russell Banks (1940). After her are Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), James Russell Lowell (1819), Brandon Sanderson (1975), L. J. Smith (1965), Gary Snyder (1930), and William Goldman (1931).

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