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Zitkala-Sa

1876 - 1938

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Zitkala-Ša, also Zitkála-Šá (Lakota: Zitkála-Šá, meaning Red Bird; February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938), was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She was also known by her anglicized and married name, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity, and the pull between the majority culture in which she was educated, and the Dakota culture into which she was born and raised. Her later books were among the first works to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread white English-speaking readership. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zitkala-Sa is the 5,845th most popular writer (down from 5,641st in 2019), the 9,771st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,566th in 2019) and the 713th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Zitkala-Sa ranks 5,845 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Sabatier, Francis Chichester, Richard Scarry, John Wain, Yi Munyeol, and Helen Prejean. After her are Ann Rule, Leo Buscaglia, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Monica Lovinescu, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Kenneth Rexroth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Zitkala-Sa ranks 190. Before her are Gaston Peltier, Cécile Tormay, Marcel Lambert, Marvin Hart, James Scullin, and Edith Abbott. After her are Gregory Mathews, Susan Glaspell, Edgar Evans, Lionel Tertis, Ralph Barton Perry, and William Carr. Among people deceased in 1938, Zitkala-Sa ranks 205. Before her are Pedro Figari, Isaak Zelensky, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Karl Malmström, and Johannes van Dijk. After her are Grey Owl, Warner Oland, Tom Crean, Alma Gluck, Mikuláš Galanda, and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zitkala-Sa ranks 9,773 out of 20,380. Before her are Brad Garrett (1960), Helen Prejean (1939), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Carl Robie (1945), Noah Baumbach (1969), and Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847). After her are Scott Brady (1924), Ann Rule (1931), Otis Spann (1924), Skin Diamond (1987), Leo Buscaglia (1924), and Chris Buck (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zitkala-Sa ranks 713. Before her are Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Gardner Dozois (1947), Donald Richie (1924), John Varley (1947), Richard Scarry (1919), and Helen Prejean (1939). After her are Ann Rule (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Barbara Kingsolver (1955), John Keel (1930), and Daniel Goldhagen (1959).

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