Joanna Russ | |
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 Russ in 1984 | |
| Born | February 22, 1937 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 2011 (aged 74) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Academic, feminist, fiction writer |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Yale University (MFA) |
| Genre | Feminist science fiction, fantasy |
| Subject | Feminist literary criticism |
| Notable works | "When It Changed", The Female Man, How to Suppress Women's Writing, To Write Like a Woman |
| Notable awards | Hugo 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 |
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".