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Many writers over the centuries simply do not have the reputations they deserve because they were female, and that is an act of suppression.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
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Writers
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Female
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Simply
Reputations
Many
Suppression

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