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CodeDS/UK/20116
NameIan; Janis (1951-); American singer-songwriter, musician, columnist, science fiction author
AliasJanis Eddy Fink (birth name)
Dates1951-
GenderFemale
BiographyJanis Ian (born 7 April 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for her song "At Seventeen", and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child (nearly 40 years later).

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