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Valerie Solanas
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American radical feminist and author (1936-1988)
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Valerie Solanas was an American writer, playwright, film actor, and director. Born Valerie Jane Solanas in Ventnor City, New Jersey, in 1936, she was educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Maryland. She wrote in English and was associated with the radical feminism movement. Her notable works include the SCUM Manifesto, Neanche un attimo di gioia, Manifesṭ ha-ḥelʾah, Manifeste SCUM, Les Éducatrices, Manifiesto SCUM, Las Educadoras, and the Twig Benders.
Solanas was convicted of attempted murder and assault. She had schizophrenia and was a lesbian. She died of pneumonia, a natural cause, in San Francisco in 1988. She is buried in Fairfax County. Her life and work are described by sources including UbuWeb and I Shot Andy Warhol.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Neanche un attimo di gioia
- Manifesṭ ha-ḥelʾah
- Manifeste SCUM and Les Éducatrices
- Manifiesto SCUM and Las Educadoras
- SCUM Manifesto and the Twig Benders
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Film & TV
Ventnor City, New Jersey
Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968.
Known for
- I Shot Andy Warhol: SCUM Manifesto — Self (archive footage)2024
- Beautiful Darling — Self (archive footage)2010
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol — Self (archive footage) (as Valerie Solanis)1990
- I, a Man — Herself1967
- Bike Boy — Woman on street1967
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Key facts
- Born
- Valerie Jean Solanas , ( 1936-04-09 ) April 9, 1936, Ventnor City, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- April 25, 1988 (1988-04-25) (aged 52), San Francisco, California , U.S.
- Education
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Occupation
- Writer
- Movement
- Radical feminism
- Criminal charges
- Attempted murder , assault, illegal possession of a gun ; pled to reckless assault with intent to harm
- Criminal penalty
- 3 years imprisonment
- Notable works
- SCUM Manifesto (1967) Up Your Ass , a play ( written</span>"}]]}'>wr. 1965, premiered</span>"}]]}'>prem. 2000, published</span>"}]]}'>publ. 2014)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valerie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ventnor City
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Maryland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- radical feminism
- Image
- Valerie Solanas in Terrapin yearbook 1958.jpg
- Convicted of
- assault
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- Commons category
- Valerie Solanas
- place of burial
- Fairfax County
- date of birth
- 1936-04-09
- date of death
- 1988-04-25
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- I Shot Andy Warhol
- birth name
- Valerie Jane Solanas
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- name in native language
- Valerie Solanas
- P8168
- Rob Roy
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Encyclopedic overview
Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for the attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol in 1968.
Solanas appeared in the Warhol film I, a Man (1967) and self-published the SCUM Manifesto, a potentially satirical pamphlet calling for the extinction of men. She believed Warhol was conspiring with her publisher, Maurice Girodias, to keep her manuscript from getting published. On June 3, 1968, Solanas shot Warhol and art critic Mario Amaya at the Factory. She was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a firearm, and subsequently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and sentenced to three years in prison. After her release, she was arrested again for aggravated assault in 1971 after threatening editors Barney Rosset and Fred Jordan of Grove Press. She was then institutionalized several times. Solanas continued to promote the SCUM Manifesto and was an editor for the biweekly feminist magazine Majority Report before drifting into obscurity. She became destitute and died of pneumonia in 1988.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valerie Solanas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.