Erica Jong
Erica Jong (née Mann;an haife shi Maris 26,1942) marubuciya ce Ba’amurke, mawaƙiya, kuma mawaƙi, wacce aka sani musamman don littafinta na shekarar 1973 Tsoron Flying..Littafin ya zama sanannen cece-kuce saboda halayensa game da jima'i na mata kuma ya yi fice sosai a cikin haɓakar mata na biyu. A cewar The Washington Post, ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 20 kofe a duniya.

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An haifi Jong a ranar 26 ga watan Maris,1942.Ita ɗaya ce daga cikin 'ya'ya mata uku na Seymour Mann (ya mutu 2004),da Eda Mirsky (1911-2012). Mahaifinta hamshakin dan kasuwa ne na zuriyar Yahudawan Poland wanda ya mallaki kyauta da kamfanin kayan aikin gida wanda aka sani da yawan samar da ’yan tsana. An haifi mahaifiyarta a Ingila daga dangin Yahudawa baƙi na Rasha,kuma ta kasance mai zane-zane da zanen tufafi wanda kuma ya kera ƴan tsana ga kamfanin mijinta.Jong yana da 'yar'uwa dattijai,Suzanna,wanda ya auri ɗan kasuwa na Lebanon Arthur Daou,da ƙanwarsa,Claudia,ma'aikacin zamantakewa wanda ya auri Gideon S.Oberweger (babban jami'in Seymour Mann Inc.har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2006). Daga cikin 'ya'yanta akwai Peter Daou,wanda shi ne dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat. Jong ta halarci Makarantar Kiɗa da Fasaha ta New York a cikin 1950s,inda ta haɓaka sha'awar fasaha da rubutu.A matsayinsa na ɗalibi a Kwalejin Barnard,Jong ya gyara Mujallar Adabin Barnard kuma ya ƙirƙiri shirye-shiryen waƙa don gidan rediyon harabar Jami’ar Columbia,WKCR .

Sana'a 
Ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a Kwalejin Barnard a 1963 tare da MA (1965) a cikin 18th karni na Turanci Literature daga Jami'ar Columbia, Jong an fi saninta da littafinta na farko, Tsoron Flying (1973),wanda ya haifar da jin daɗi tare da gaskiyar yadda yake kula da jima'i na mace. sha'awa. Ko da yake ya ƙunshi abubuwa da yawa na jima'i, littafin ya fi dacewa da labarin Isadora Wing,wata mace mai shekaru 20 da haihuwa,tana ƙoƙarin gano ko ita wacece da kuma inda za ta. Ya ƙunshi abubuwa da yawa na hankali da ban dariya,gami da wadatattun bayanai na al'adu da na adabi. Littafin yayi ƙoƙarin amsa yawancin rikice-rikicen da suka taso ga mata a ƙarshen 1960s da farkon 1970s Amurka, na mace, mace, soyayya, neman 'yanci da manufa. Labarin cikar cikar Isadora Wing ya ci gaba a cikin ƙarin litattafai guda biyu, Yadda ake Ajiye Rayuwar ku (1977) da Parachutes da Kisses (1984).

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Jong ya yi aure sau hudu.Bayan wani ɗan gajeren aure da Michael Werthman yayin da yake Barnard,da kuma wani a 1966 zuwa Allan Jong,masanin ilimin likitancin Amurka na China,a cikin 1977 ta auri Jonathan Fast,marubuci,mai koyar da aikin zamantakewa,kuma ɗan marubuci Howard Fast. An yi bayanin wannan auren a cikin Yadda ake Ceci Rayuwar ku da Parachutes da Kisses.Tana da diya daga aurenta na uku,Molly Jong-Fast. Yanzu Jong ya auri Kenneth David Burrows,wani mai shigar da kara a New York. 

Jong ya zauna a sansanin sojoji a Heidelberg, Jamus, tsawon shekaru uku (1966-69) tare da mijinta na biyu. Ta kasance mai yawan baƙo zuwa Venice, kuma ta rubuta game da wannan birni a cikin littafinta na 'Yar Shylock.

Manazarta 
Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1942