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Germaine Greer
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Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)
Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual born in 1939 who has been a prominent voice in public discourse for decades. She is best known for her influential work in feminist thought and cultural criticism that has shaped conversations about gender and society.
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- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Warwick
- Employer
- University of Warwick
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- The Female Eunuch
- Field of work
- feminism
- Movement
- abortion-rights movement
- Image
- Germaine Greer, 28 October 2013 (cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- anarchism
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- date of birth
- 1939-01-29
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- name in native language
- Germaine Greer
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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- State Library of New South Wales
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- Walter Schellenberg
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Encyclopedic overview
Germaine Greer (/ɡrɪər/; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.
Specialising in English and women's literature, Greer has held academic positions in England at the University of Warwick and Newnham College, Cambridge, and in the United States at the University of Tulsa. She started living in the UK in 1964, and from the 1990s until her later years, divided her time between Queensland, Australia, and her home in Essex, England.
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