She has lectured, taught and read her work all over the world.Ī graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University's Graduate Faculties where she received her M.A. Her works have appeared all over the world and are as popular in Eastern Europe, Japan, China, and other Asian countries as they have been in the United States and Western Europe. Jong an honorary PhD at the College of Staten Island. The City University of New York awarded Ms.

In France, she received the Deauville Award for Literary Excellence and in Italy, she received the Sigmund Freud Award for Literature. She has also received Poetry magazine's Bess Hokin Prize, also won by W.S. Erica’s latest book, Sugar in My Bowl, is an anthology of women writing about sex, has been recently released in paperback.Įrica Jong was honored with the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature. It was a national bestseller in the US and many other countries. A memoir of her life as a writer, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, came out in March 2006. In her three historical novels- Fanny, Shylock's Daughter, and Sappho's Leap-she demonstrates her mastery of eighteenth-century British literature, the verses of Shakespeare, and ancient Greek lyric, respectively. In her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying (which has sold twenty-six million copies in more than forty languages), she introduced Isadora Wing, who also plays a central part in three subsequent novels- How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. She has published 21 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, the Sunday Times of London, Elle, Vogue, and the New York Times Book Review. In her three historical novels- Fanny, Shylock's Erica Jong-novelist, poet, and essayist-has consistently used her craft to help provide women with a powerful and rational voice in forging a feminist consciousness. Erica Jong-novelist, poet, and essayist-has consistently used her craft to help provide women with a powerful and rational voice in forging a feminist consciousness.

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