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Ruth Ozeki

1956 - Today

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Ruth Diana Lounsbury (born March 12, 1956), better known as Ruth Ozeki, is an American author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books and films, including the novels My Year of Meats (1998), All Over Creation (2003), A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021), seek to integrate personal narrative and social issues, and deal with themes relating to science, technology, environmental politics, race, religion, war and global popular culture. Her novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. She teaches creative writing at Smith College, where she is the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities in the Department of English Language and Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Ozeki is the 7,130th most popular writer (down from 6,992nd in 2024), the 16,179th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,516th in 2019) and the 1,123rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ruth Ozeki ranks 7,130 out of 7,302. Before her are Ilze Liepa, Saša Stanišić, Andrea Levy, Andy Rooney, Douglas Murray, and Gjekë Marinaj. After her are Fabio Volo, Nelly Arcan, Laura Lippman, Jenni Haukio, Felicitas Hoppe, and Gita Mehta.

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Among people born in 1956, Ruth Ozeki ranks 757. Before her are Raúl Gorriti, Ilya Mate, Stephen Bray, Alok Nath, Julie Bishop, and Andrea Levy. After her are Tara Buckman, David Narey, Charlie Adler, Don Letts, Andy Gill, and Richard A. Searfoss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Ozeki ranks 16,186 out of 20,380. Before her are Sherri Shepherd (1967), Holly Holm (1981), Constance Binney (1896), Aiden English (1987), Huma Abedin (1976), and Jane Froman (1907). After her are Maeve Quinlan (1964), Jennifer Westfeldt (1970), Lou Antonio (1934), Virginia Gardner (1995), Lisa Wilcox (1964), and Christopher Evan Welch (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ruth Ozeki ranks 1,123. Before her are Ruta Sepetys (1967), Joseph Finder (1958), Cleanth Brooks (1906), Peter Hedges (1962), James Gould Cozzens (1903), and Andy Rooney (1919). After her are Laura Lippman (1959), Ann Patchett (1963), Tahereh Mafi (1988), Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), Jay Asher (1975), and Sherman Alexie (1966).

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