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Arts & Literature
Erica Jong
Who
Erica Jong · Arts & Literature
What
Author
When
1942, New York City, USA
Where
United States
Biography
Erica Jong is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author
How & why
Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet whose 1973 novel Fear of Flying, a frank treatment of a woman's sexual desires, became a landmark of second-wave feminism and has sold over 37 million copies. Born in Manhattan to parents of Polish- and Russian-Jewish ancestry, she is Jewish and has often drawn on Jewish identity in her work.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
