1. Janet Biehl was born on September 4,1953 and is an American author, copyeditor, translator, and artist.
12 Facts About Janet Biehl
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Janet Biehl authored several books and articles associated with social ecology, the body of ideas developed and publicized by Murray Bookchin.
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Janet Biehl studied acting as well as set and costume design at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
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Janet Biehl then moved to New York City, where she appeared in off-off-Broadway productions, including the world premiere of Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes.
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Janet Biehl studied drawing and watercolor painting at the Art Students League of New York.
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Janet Biehl edited and compiled The Murray Bookchin Reader, which Bookchin considered to be the best introduction to his work.
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Janet Biehl wrote numerous articles about or related to Bookchin's ideas.
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In 2011 Janet Biehl separated from social ecology, explaining that she could no longer advocate an antistatist ideology.
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In 2011 Janet Biehl attended and spoke at a conference in Diyarbakir hosted by the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement.
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In 2012 Janet Biehl translated the book Democratic Autonomy in North Kurdistan by the solidarity group TATORT Kurdistan.
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Janet Biehl then translated Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Northern Syria, written by Michael Knapp, Anja Flach, and Ercan Ayboga.
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Janet Biehl wrote and drew about the experience in her graphic memoir Their Blood Got Mixed: Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS, which was published by PM Press in 2022.