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Maxine Hong Kingston

1940 - Today

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Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese: 湯婷婷; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong; October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated in 1962 with a B.A. degree in English. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans. Kingston has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior, which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Maxine Hong Kingston is the 6,691st most popular writer (up from 6,801st in 2024), the 13,677th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,068th in 2019) and the 969th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Maxine Hong Kingston ranks 6,691 out of 7,302. Before her are John Stossel, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, George Clayton Johnson, Leena Lehtolainen, Tom Egeland, and Amelia Opie. After her are Ingo Schulze, Jonathan Lethem, Mitch Albom, Daniel Handler, Tom Lanoye, and Claudio Rodriguez Fer.

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Among people born in 1940, Maxine Hong Kingston ranks 599. Before her are Judy Amoore, Brian Labone, Stanley Hauerwas, Trevor Nunn, Hira Devi Waiba, and Billy Fury. After her are Melba Moore, Howard Hesseman, Don LaFontaine, Bob Knight, Harry Jerome, and James Burrows.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxine Hong Kingston ranks 13,681 out of 20,380. Before her are Wood Harris (1969), Audrey Meadows (1922), Norman Thomas (1884), Tom Pelphrey (1982), Bill Browder (1964), and Steve Earle (1955). After her are YNW Melly (1999), Donna Dixon (1957), John Fitch (1917), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Joe Carnahan (1969), and Eric Close (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Maxine Hong Kingston ranks 969. Before her are Jon Lee Anderson (1957), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), Arthur Kopit (1937), John Stossel (1947), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), and George Clayton Johnson (1929). After her are Jonathan Lethem (1964), Mitch Albom (1958), Daniel Handler (1970), Chris Hedges (1956), Kerry Kennedy (1959), and Catherine Asaro (1955).

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