Valerie Solanas

January 10, 2024
Novelist

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Valerie Solanas
Full Name Valerie Solanas
Occupation Novelist
Date Of Birth Apr 9, 1936(1936-04-09)
Age 88
Date Of Death April 25, 1988, San Francisco, CA
Birthplace New Jersey
Country United States
Birth City New Jersey
Horoscope Aries

Valerie Solanas Biography

Name Valerie Solanas
Birthday Apr 9
Birth Year 1936
Place Of Birth New Jersey
Home Town New Jersey
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aries
Parents Louis Solanas, Dorothy Marie Biondo
Children(s) David Blackwell

Valerie Solanas is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on April 9, 1936 in New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Known for a radical feminist work titled the SCUM Manifesto, this twentieth- century writer is perhaps best remembered as the would-be assassin of her acquaintance and sometimes artistic collaborator Andy Warhol. After she shot Warhol, he was able to recover through emergency surgery.

She was portrayed by actress Lili Taylor in the 1996 movie I Shot Andy Warhol.

Born in New Jersey to a family of Spanish and Italian heritage, she moved to New York City in the 1960s. In the early 1950s, she gave birth to a son who was immediately put up for adoption by social services.

Valerie Solanas Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Novelist
House Living in own house.

Valerie Solanas is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Valerie Solanas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, she took graduate psychology courses at both the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Berkeley.

At various points in her life, she was homeless and a prostitute. While on trial for attempted murder, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

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Facts & Trivia

Valerie Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Valerie Solanas celebrates birthday on April 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Valerie Solanas

  1. Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol in 1968.
  2. She authored the SCUM Manifesto in 1967.
  3. Solanas was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
  4. She died of pneumonia at age 52.
  5. The SCUM Manifesto advocated for male extermination.
  6. Solanas was a sex worker and actress.
  7. Her shooting of Warhol inspired many works of art.
  8. Solanas had a troubled childhood and adolescence.
  9. She spent time in mental institutions throughout her life.
  10. The SCUM Manifesto is considered controversial and divisive today.

What did Andy Warhol do to Valerie Solanas?

Warhol never promised to produce the play, but he gave the perpetually broke Solanas a role in his 1967 film I, A Man , for which she was paid $25. “The play was considered vulgar, humorless,” Diaz explains. “Even Andy and his crew thought it was a bit too much.”

What happened to Valerie Solanas after she shot Andy Warhol?

After Solanas was released from the New York State Prison for Women in 1971, she stalked Warhol and others over the telephone and was arrested again in November 1971. She was subsequently institutionalized several times and then drifted into obscurity.

Why did Valerie shoot Andy Warhol?

According to HISTORY, Warhol told Solanas that he had misplaced the manuscript. Though it later surfaced in a forgotten trunk, Solanas began to speculate that Warhol — the artist who made a career of out repeatedly bashing the concept of authenticity — was in the process of stealing the ideas outlined in her play.

What happened to Andy Warhol in 1968?

In 1968, Andy Warhol was at the top of his game in the art world and had room to experiment with film. Then one summer afternoon in early June, everything changed. Writer Valerie Solanas went into Warhol’s office, pulled out a gun and shot him.

Who is Andy Warhol's wife?

Edie Sedgwick
Born| Edith Minturn SedgwickApril 20, 1943 Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Died| November 16, 1971 (aged 28) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Resting place| Oak Hill Cemetery
Other names| Edith Sedgwick Post

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