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Joanna Russ
AuthorBooks · Second hand1937-2011
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".
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About Joanna Russ
Birth
1937
Death
2011
First book
1972
Years writing
54
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".
Joanna Russ was a foundational figure in the establishment of feminist science fiction.
Beyond her prolific career as a novelist, she excelled as an influential academic and university professor.
Her most iconic work, The Female Man, remains an essential pillar of speculative literature.
As an activist, she dedicated much of her life to the fight for women's rights.
Her essay How to Suppress Women's Writing sharply analyzes the historical barriers faced by female authors.
