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Feminist novelist, poet, and essayist Erica Jong has published 20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction, and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers.

From the description of How to Save Your Own Life : a novel : manuscript, 1977. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 496807049

Erica Jong is an American novelist, poet, and social writer. Her landmark first novel, Fear of flying, became infamous for frank and explicit sexual scenes, which distracted critics from the work's literary merits. Jong's poetry and novels continue to explore serious social themes in a witty and satirical style.

From the description of Erica Jong letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1972 Oct. 10. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54086130

Feminist novelist, poet, and essayist Erica Jong has published 20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction, and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers.

In her first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), she introduced Isadora Wing, who is also a central character in three subsequent novels: How to Save Your Own Life (1977), Parachutes and Kisses (1984), and Any Woman's Blues (1990).

Erica Jong, best-selling author of Fear of Flying and Seducing the Demon, http://www.ericajong.com (accessed May 7, 2009).

From the guide to the How to Save Your Own Life : a novel : manuscript, 1977, (University of Delaware Library - Special Collections)

Author Erica Mann Jong was born on March 26th, 1942, in New York City and was raised on Manhattan's Upper-Westside. Her father, Seymour Mann, founded Seymour Mann Imports, a giftware and home accents store; her mother, Eda Mirsky Mann, a painter, designed many of the dolls in the Connoisseur Doll Collection sold through her husband's business. Jong, a middle child, has two sisters Susanna Mann Daou and Claudia Mann Oberweger. Jong attended the High School of Music and Art, then located on the campus of City University in Hamilton Heights, from which she graduated in 1959. The family, by all accounts, led a comfortable life.

While taking her degree at Barnard College (BA 1963) and her Masters in 18th Century English Literature at Columbia University (1965), Jong published two volumes of poetry--Fruits & Vegetables and Half-Lives. Jong entered the international literary scene with her best-selling first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), a semi-autobiographical first-person narrative depicting a woman's search for identity and fulfillment. The book, an immediate sensation, has since sold over 18 million copies and has been translated into multiple languages. The novel's protagonist, Isadora Wing, went on to star in many of Jong's subsequent novels, including How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes & Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. Thus far, as her official websites states, Jong has published "20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles" in major magazines and newspapers. Also known for her association with American writer Henry Miller, Jong wrote The Devil at Large (1993) in honor of their friendship and shared literary aesthetic.

Jong is a teacher as well as a writer and has taught courses or conducted workshops at City University of New York, the Overseas Division of the University of Maryland in Germany, Barnard College, Bennington College, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Ben Gurion University in Israel and the Salzburg Seminar in Vienna. Among her awards are the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, Poetry Magazine's Bess Hokin Award and France's Deauville Award for Literary Excellence.

In 1996 Jong endowed the Erica Mann Jong '63 Writing Fellows Fund at Barnard College.

Jong has been married four times: her first, and briefest marriage, was to Michael Werthman, whom she married while she was still an undergraduate; Jong and psychiatrist Allan Jong were married in 1966; in 1977 she married author Jonathan Fast with whom she had her one, and only child, also an author, Molly Miranda Fast-Jong; in 1989 Jong married attorney Kenneth David Burrows, a graduate of Brown University and Fordham University Law School, to whom she is still married.

From the description of Erica Jong papers, 1955-2011 [Bulk Dates: 1965-2004]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 752386618

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author Erica Mann Jong was born on March 26th, 1942, in New York City and was raised on Manhattan's Upper-Westside. Her father, Seymour Mann, founded Seymour Mann Imports, a giftware and home accents store; her mother, Eda Mirsky Mann, a painter, designed many of the dolls in the Connoisseur Doll Collection sold through her husband's business. Jong, a middle child, has two sisters Susanna Mann Daou and Claudia Mann Oberweger. Jong attended the High School of Music and Art, then located on the campus of City University in Hamilton Heights, from which she graduated in 1959. The family, by all accounts, led a comfortable life.

BIOGHIST REQUIRED While taking her degree at Barnard College (BA 1963) and her Masters in 18th Century English Literature at Columbia University (1965), Jong published two volumes of poetry-- Fruits & Vegetables and Half-Lives. Jong entered the international literary scene with her best-selling first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), a semi-autobiographical first-person narrative depicting a woman's search for identity and fulfillment. The book, an immediate sensation, has since sold over 18 million copies and has been translated into multiple languages. The novel's protagonist, Isadora Wing, went on to star in many of Jong's subsequent novels, including How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes & Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. Thus far, as her official websites states, Jong has published "20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles" in major magazines and newspapers. Also known for her association with American writer Henry Miller, Jong wrote The Devil at Large (1993) in honor of their friendship and shared literary aesthetic.

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Jong is a teacher as well as a writer and has taught courses or conducted workshops at City University of New York, the Overseas Division of the University of Maryland in Germany, Barnard College, Bennington College, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Ben Gurion University in Israel and the Salzburg Seminar in Vienna. Among her awards are the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, Poetry Magazine 's Bess Hokin Award and France's Deauville Award for Literary Excellence.

BIOGHIST REQUIRED In 1996 Jong endowed the Erica Mann Jong '63 Writing Fellows Fund at Barnard College.

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Jong has been married four times: her first, and briefest marriage, was to Michael Werthman, whom she married while she was still an undergraduate; Jong and psychiatrist Allan Jong were married in 1966; in 1977 she married author Jonathan Fast with whom she had her one, and only child, also an author, Molly Miranda Fast-Jong; in 1989 Jong married attorney Kenneth David Burrows, a graduate of Brown University and Fordham University Law School, to whom she is still married.

From the guide to the Erica Jong Papers, 1955-2011, [Bulk Dates: 1965-2004]., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Jong, Erica. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1973. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Robert S. Phillips Papers, 1964-1989 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Dworkin, Andrea. Papers, 1914-2007 (inclusive), 1973-2000 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Anthony Burgess Papers, 1956-1997. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000) University of Michigan
referencedIn Sterling Lord Archive, Bulk, 1952-1998, 1946-1998 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Jong, Erica. How to Save Your Own Life : a novel : manuscript, 1977. University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library
creatorOf Jong, Erica. Erica Jong papers, 1955-2011 [Bulk Dates: 1965-2004]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Paris Review. The Paris Review archives, 1953-1997. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf How to Save Your Own Life : a novel : manuscript, 1977 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
creatorOf Jong, Erica. Erica Jong letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1972 Oct. 10. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Amichai, Yehuda. Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Henry, Diana Mara. Photographs, 1969-1976 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn May Sarton Papers, 1846-1995, 1920-1995 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Erica Jong Papers, 1955-2011, [Bulk Dates: 1965-2004]. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Phyllis Chesler Papers, 1968-1990 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Olsen, Tillie. Papers, 1930-1990 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Tillie Olsen papers, 1930-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Kirsch, Robert. Robert Kirsch papers, 1979. The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
referencedIn Barnard College. English Dept. Amy Loveman Memorial Fund. Amy Loveman Memorial Prize manuscript collection, 1957-1981. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. D. H. Lawrence manuscript collection, 1913-1973. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Dworkin, Andrea. Videotape collection of Andrea Dworkin [videorecording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Seaman, Barbara. Papers, 1920-1983 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Allen, Woody. person
associatedWith Amichai, Yehuda. person
associatedWith Amichai, Yehuda. person
associatedWith Barnard College. corporateBody
associatedWith Barnard College. English Dept. Amy Loveman Memorial Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. person
associatedWith Chesler, Phyllis person
associatedWith Delbanco, Nicholas. person
associatedWith Dworkin, Andrea. person
associatedWith Fast, Jonathan. person
associatedWith Fast, Jonathan. person
associatedWith Henry, Diana Mara. person
associatedWith Jong-Fast, Molly, 1978- person
correspondedWith Kirsch, Robert. person
associatedWith Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. person
associatedWith Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Olsen, Tillie. person
associatedWith Olsen, Tillie. person
associatedWith Paris Review. corporateBody
correspondedWith Parnassus: poetry in review corporateBody
associatedWith Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904- person
associatedWith Phillips, Robert S. person
associatedWith Sarton, May, 1912-1995 person
associatedWith Seaman, Barbara. person
associatedWith Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. person
associatedWith Sojourner (Cambridge, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977, person
correspondedWith Vidal, Gore, 1925- person
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Authors, American
Authors, American
Erotica
Erotica and women
Eroticism in literature
Feminism and literature
Jewish women authors
Sexuality and literature
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Birth 1942-03-26

Americans

German,

English,

Italian,

Japanese,

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