Germaine Greer (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
A leading feminist, Germaine Greer has made a career of speaking, writing, and teaching English literature. She is the daughter of an English Royal Air Force officer who suffered “battle shock” in World War II, and her Australian mother seemed unable to deal with the demands of motherhood. Greer earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Australia and a Ph.D. at Cambridge University, England (on a scholarship). She was married once (in 1968, for about three weeks) to Paul du Feu (the first male nude centerfold for the British Cosmopolitan), and in the early 1990’s she lived in Europe and...
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