Joanna Russ

Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) 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
Photograph by Ileen Weber, 1984
Born(1937-02-22)February 22, 1937
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 2011(2011-04-29) (aged 74)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
OccupationAcademic, feminist, fiction writer
EducationCornell University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
GenreFeminist science fiction, fantasy
SubjectFeminist literary criticism
Notable works"When It Changed", The Female Man, How to Suppress Women's Writing, To Write Like a Woman
Notable awardsHugo Award, Nebula Award, two James Tiptree, Jr. Awards, Locus Award, Gaylactic Spectrum Award, Pilgrim Award, Florence Howe award of the women's caucus of the MLA
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