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Joanna Russ

1937 - 2011

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joanna Russ has received more than 277,716 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Russ is the 5,016th most popular writer (down from 4,702nd in 2019), the 7,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,801st in 2019) and the 559th most popular American Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joanna Russ ranks 5,016 out of 7,302. Before her are Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Sidney Howard, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Margery Allingham, Álvaro Cunqueiro, and Anna Maria Ortese. After her are Paul Theroux, Wolf Erlbruch, Pratibha Ray, Michael Hirst, Nicolaas Beets, and Rosa Liksom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Joanna Russ ranks 377. Before her are Héctor Facundo, Attilio Nicora, Nancy Wilson, Ferenc Kósa, Jacques Barrot, and Jan Kaplický. After her are René Kollo, Frans De Mulder, Barbara Windsor, David Acevedo, Richard H. Truly, and Lucinda Williams. Among people deceased in 2011, Joanna Russ ranks 317. Before her are Henry Cooper, Juan Tuñas, Bob Benny, Gunnar Fischer, Jack LaLanne, and Jan van Beveren. After her are Iván Menczel, Marie Ljalková, Frances Bay, Hubert Sumlin, Lewis Binford, and Annie Easley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 7,049 out of 20,380. Before her are Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Ron Ely (1938), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Joe Ranft (1960), Big E (1986), and Rush Limbaugh (1951). After her are Dave Navarro (1967), Daphne Zuniga (1962), Marion Jones (1975), Gary Locke (1950), David A. R. White (1970), and Kevin McHale (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 559. Before her are Paula Fox (1923), Eben Alexander (1953), Frank Belknap Long (1901), William Dean Howells (1837), Kenneth Copeland (1936), and Sidney Howard (1891). After her are Paul Theroux (1941), William Gibson (1914), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), and Frank O'Hara (1926).

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