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Joanna Russ

1937 – 2011

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Wikipedia Summary

Joanna Russ 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".

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
February 22, 1937
New York City
Date of death
April 29, 2011
Tucson
Citizenship

United States

Occupations & fields
writernovelistuniversity teacheressayistscience fiction writerwomen's rights activist
Awards & honours
Nebula Award for Best Short StoryHugo Award for Best NovellaTähtivaeltaja AwardPilgrim AwardOtherwise Retrospective AwardScience Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
Notable works
When It ChangedThe Female ManHow to Suppress Women's WritingThe Adventures of AlyxWe Who Are About To...The Two of Them
Field and occupation
Americká spisovatelka, literární kritička a profesorka angličtiny. Autorka sci-fi literatury.
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