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Amanda Filipacchi

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409:, Filipacchi expressed concerns about sexism regarding Knowledge (XXG)'s classification of American novelists, as well as female novelists from other countries, after she noticed multiple editors moving female writers out of the general category of "American novelists" and into a subcategory for "American women novelists". She described it as a "small, easily fixable thing ... that make it harder and slower for women to gain equality in the literary world", and added that "eople who go to Knowledge (XXG) to get ideas for whom to hire, or honor, or read, and look at that list of 'American Novelists' for inspiration ... might simply use that list without thinking twice about it." The op-ed spurred an outcry from feminists and other commentators, who echoed her concerns about sexism and the perceived minimization of female novelists on the site. Filipacchi stated in a follow-up piece that editors had targeted her Knowledge (XXG) biography page in retaliation for her criticism. 320: 427:, rebutting media stories that attributed the recategorization of female novelists to the work of a single editor, and listed seven different users who were responsible for recategorizing the seventeen women writers mentioned in her op-ed. In July 2013, she wrote a personal essay for 1251: 377:. According to the publisher, the novel deals with two women going to elaborate lengths to find love. It was named on Bustle's list of "12 of the Most Anticipated Books of 2015, aka the Titles We Can't Get Our Hands On Soon Enough" and the 1240: 413:
of Salon described this as "revenge editing" and supported his description of the event by quoting combative remarks about Filipacchi made by the primary user involved, who was later revealed to be writer
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respectively), were also translated into multiple languages. In 2005, Filipacchi was invited to participate in the 2005 Saint-Amour literary festival, a 10-city tour through Belgium.
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which more humorously described the aftermath of the controversy, discussing how she became engrossed in discussions on Knowledge (XXG) and criticism site
1572: 1567: 200:; born October 10, 1967) is an American novelist. She was born in Paris and educated in both in France and in the U.S. She is the author of four novels, 1497: 643: 1151: 1527: 1522: 1123: 1542: 1537: 1512: 517: 220: 994: 1274: 1532: 788: 527: 506: 485: 464: 1205: 545: 805: 1552: 1547: 32: 1507: 1517: 1241:"Knowledge (XXG) in sexism row after labelling Harper Lee and others 'women novelists' while men are 'American novelists'" 245: 262:'s MFA fiction writing program, where she wrote a master's thesis which she later turned into her first published novel, 1502: 249: 348:
described her writing style as "reminiscent in certain ways of Muriel Spark ... brisk, witty, knowing, mischievous."
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In 1992, when Filipacchi was 24, a time shortly before her graduation, her agent, Melanie Jackson, sold
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Reviewers have called Filipacchi "a prodigious postfeminist talent", and a "lovely comic surrealist".
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Including German, French, Slovak, Danish, Dutch, Turkish, Italian, Hebrew, Swedish, and Russian.
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s top 25 books of the year, and was included in the syllabus of a course on the comic novel in
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Filipacchi was born in Paris, and was educated in France (where she attended the
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as having "oddball situations and merrily acidic dialogue") was one of
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in St. Cloud) and in the U.S. She is the daughter of former model
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has been translated into French, Polish, Dutch, and Korean.
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Her novel showcases a prodigious postfeminist talent.
189: 168: 1359:"Revenge, ego and the corruption of Knowledge (XXG)" 183: 174: 312: 180: 139: 125: 115: 107: 99: 80: 72: 64: 42: 23: 1206:"Knowledge (XXG)'s Sexism Toward Female Novelists" 369:In August 2013, Filipacchi sold her latest novel, 421:Filipacchi later wrote an additional article in 395:Criticism of Knowledge (XXG) § Gender bias 867:was published in French, Italian, and Polish. 352:(referred to in a review by Alexis Soloski in 1483:Columbia University School of the Arts alumni 8: 663: 661: 258:magazine. In 1990, Filipacchi enrolled in 31: 20: 995:"Exploring the slippery nature of desire" 870:"Records in Index Translationum database" 748:"Records in Index Translationum database" 391:Knowledge (XXG) controversies § 2013 572:Filipacchi, Amanda (December 12, 2014). 303:(2005, a novel about obsessive love and 1415:"My Strange Addiction: Knowledge (XXG)" 910:"Amanda Filipacchi. Ecrivain française" 687: 685: 615: 381:'s "2015 Books We Can't Wait To Read". 1150:Turits, Meredith (December 15, 2014). 366:'s graduate creative writing program. 309: 295:Filipacchi's second and third novels, 1385:Filipacchi, Amanda (April 30, 2013). 1301:Filipacchi, Amanda (April 27, 2013). 1204:Filipacchi, Amanda (April 24, 2013). 1124:"Book Deals: Week of August 26, 2013" 1101:"What Ed Park's Students Are Reading" 544:Filipacchi, Amanda (April 24, 2013). 7: 1413:Filipacchi, Amanda (July 10, 2013). 623: 621: 619: 519:The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty 371:The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty 324:Interview with Amanda Filipacchi on 221:The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty 1563:21st-century American women writers 1558:20th-century American women writers 1254:from the original on April 30, 2013 1238:Rawlinson, Kevin (April 26, 2013). 594:Filipacchi, Amanda (June 6, 2015). 1478:Hamilton College (New York) alumni 1329:Leonard, Andrew (April 30, 2013). 1178:"2015 Books We Can't Wait To Read" 1176:Crum, Maddie (December 10, 2014). 692:Hoban, Phoebe (January 14, 1993). 14: 1573:21st-century French women writers 1568:20th-century French women writers 1122:Deahl, Rachel (August 26, 2013). 1498:French people of Italian descent 1357:Leonard, Andrew (May 17, 2013). 1273:Zandt, Deanna (April 26, 2013). 1020:Soloski, Alexis (May 31, 2005). 966:Sicha, Choire (April 18, 2004). 318: 164: 1528:21st-century American novelists 1523:20th-century American novelists 804:Dupont, Pepita (July 4, 2006). 1103:. 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Amanda Filipacchi in 2006
Paris, France
Hamilton College
BA
Columbia University
Postmodern
Daniel Filipacchi
Sondra Peterson
www.amandafilipacchi.com
/fɪlɪˈpɑːkɪ/
Nude Men
Vapor
Love Creeps
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
American School of Paris
Sondra Peterson
Daniel Filipacchi
Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Hamilton College
Rolling Stone
Columbia University
Nude Men
Viking Press
Simon & Schuster
stalking
Interview with Amanda Filipacchi on Love Creeps
The Leonard Lopate Show
WNYC
The Boston Globe
The Village Voice

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