14 Facts About Susan Griffin

Susan Griffin was born on January 26,1943 and is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.

Susan Griffin attended the University of California, Berkeley, for two years, then transferred to San Francisco State College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and her Master of Arts degree, both degrees under the tutelage of Kay Boyle.

Susan Griffin has taught as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley as well as at Stanford University and California Institute of Integral Studies.

Susan Griffin has taught at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, the Wright Institute, and the University of California.

Susan Griffin's papers are located at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, at Harvard University.

Susan Griffin has written 21 books, including works of nonfiction, poetry, anthologies, plays, and a screenplay.

Susan Griffin's work has been translated into over 12 languages.

Susan Griffin articulated her anti-pornography feminism in Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature.

This, according to Susan Griffin, teaches women to self-deprecate, and fuels an unhealthy, perverted culture.

Susan Griffin has received a MacArthur grant for Peace and International Cooperation, NEA and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, and a local Emmy Award for the play Voices.

Susan Griffin is featured in the 2014 feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.

Susan Griffin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993 for A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War.

Largely, reviews for Susan Griffin's work take opposing views on the intertwining and complicated connections she suggests between the woman and larger worldly issues such as war, disease, pornography, and nature itself.

Susan Griffin is not merely reiterating old themes in feminist scholarship or the history of medicine; rather, she probes, ponders, and suggests different ways of considering many interrelated issues.