Erica Jong

Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of secondwave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold more thanmillion copies worldwide.

Jong was born on March 26th, 1942 in New York. She was the second of three daughters of Seymore Mann and Eda Mirsky. Jong attended New Yorks Public High School of Music and Art in the 1950s, where she developed her passion for art and writing. As a student at Barnard College, Jong edited the Barnard Literary Magazine and created poetry programs for the Columbia University campus radio station.

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