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Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer.
Native Tongue is a feminist science fiction novel by American writer Suzette Haden Elgin, the first book in her series of the same name. The trilogy is centered in a future dystopian American society where the 19th Amendment was repealed in 1991 [1] and women have been stripped of civil rights.
Jun 16, 2023 · Learn about the life and works of Suzette Haden Elgin, a linguist, feminist, and science fiction writer from the Missouri Ozarks. She wrote the Native Tongue novels, The Ozark Trilogy, and The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense.
Jan 27, 2015 · Suzette Haden Elgin was an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages.
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Suzette Haden Elgin is a retired professor of linguistics and the author of numerous nonfiction works on linguistics and communication as well as a number of science fiction novels.
Suzette Haden Elgin is a science fiction author, linguist, and educator. She created the language Láadan for her Native Tongue series and wrote the Communipaths, Ozark, and Coyote Jones novels.
Elgin, Suzette Haden. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. Working name of US poet, author and teacher Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins Elgin (1936-2015) for her sf. She combined writing with a professional specialization in Linguistics, having a PhD in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego; she was a professor of ...
