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American singer-songwriter

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1951-04-07

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Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recording into the twenty-first century. In 1975 Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen". Born Janis Eddy Fink on 7th April 1951 to a Jewish family in New York City, she was primarily raised in New Jersey, initially on a farm, and attended East Orange High School and the New York City High School of Musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Janis
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Farmingdale
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
music composing
Instrument
voice
Official website
janisian.com
Image
Janis Ian 1.jpg
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Commons category
Janis Ian
date of birth
1951-04-07
start of work period
1965-00-00
birth name
Janis Eddy Fink
archives at
Berea College
sexual orientation
lesbianism
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