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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joanna Russ has received more than 246,319 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joanna Russ is the 4,718th most popular writer (down from 4,579th in 2019), the 6,815th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,878th in 2019) and the 546th most popular American Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 46.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joanna Russ ranks 4,718 out of 5,755. Before her are Dương Thu Hương, Julia Ward Howe, Daniel Pearl, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Jorge Edwards, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. After her are Béla Illés, Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov, Henry Roth, Teresa de la Parra, Imants Ziedonis, and Wilferd Madelung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Joanna Russ ranks 341. Before her are Ferenc Kósa, Leo Kadanoff, Alexander Vampilov, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Göran Tunström, and Polly Holliday. After her are Irina Kirichenko, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Jacques Barrot, Gary Lockwood, Regimantas Adomaitis, and Mirko Marjanović. Among people deceased in 2011, Joanna Russ ranks 287. Before her are Maurice Goldhaber, Jack LaLanne, Edmundo Ros, Daniel Quillen, Annie Easley, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. After her are Michael Sarrazin, Gonzalo Rojas, Marie Ljalková, Thorbjørn Svenssen, James L. Elliot, and Frances Bay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 6,815 out of 18,182. Before her are Judy Greer (1975), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Daniel Pearl (1963), David Ray Griffin (1939), Louis Clarke (1901), and Akebono Tarō (1969). After her are Will Wright (1960), Helene Madison (1913), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Michael Chapman (1935), Marilyn Miller (1898), and Jenny McCarthy (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joanna Russ ranks 546. Before her are Bill O'Reilly (1949), Ben Bova (1932), Richard Russo (1949), David Peoples (1940), Julia Ward Howe (1819), and Daniel Pearl (1963). After her are Richard Scarry (1919), Reginald Rose (1920), Art Buchwald (1925), Stephen Hunter (1946), Larry McMurtry (1936), and Mark Frost (1953).

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