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[[Image:Norman Mailer.gif|thumb|Norman Mailer]] | [[Image:Norman Mailer.gif|thumb|Norman Mailer]] | ||
| − | '''Norman Mailer''' (Born Nachum Malech Mailer in Long Branch, [[New Jersey]] 1923 - New York 2007) [[Jewish]]-[[American]] [[writer]], son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer. [[Liberal]] and controversial, he won several American literature awards. His first novel was ''The Naked and the Dead''. Other works were ''Armies of the Night'' and ''The Executioner's Song''. For these two novels he won two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s (1969 and 1980). In total, he wrote over 40 books. | + | '''Norman Mailer''' (Born Nachum Malech Mailer in Long Branch, [[New Jersey]] 1923 - New York 2007) [[Jewish]]-[[American]] [[writer]], son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer. [[Liberal]] and controversial, he won several American literature awards. His first novel was ''The Naked and the Dead''. Other works were ''Armies of the Night'' and ''The Executioner's Song''. For these two novels he won two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s (1969 and 1980). He also wrote ''An American Dream'', which was rather notorious for his lead character murdering his wife as well as buggering his ex-Nazi maid while being praised for it. In total, he wrote over 40 books. |
| − | Mailer with Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher co-founded The [[Village Voice]], | + | Mailer with Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher co-founded The [[Village Voice]], one of the most influential weekly newspaper of the far Left in the United States (1954-55). |
His fascination with drinking, drugs and violence nearly took a tragic turn in 1960, when he stabbed his wife Adele Morales with a penknife after a nightlong party. <ref>[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mai0bio-1 Norman Mailer]</ref> | His fascination with drinking, drugs and violence nearly took a tragic turn in 1960, when he stabbed his wife Adele Morales with a penknife after a nightlong party. <ref>[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mai0bio-1 Norman Mailer]</ref> | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mai0bio-1 Norman Mailer] | *[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mai0bio-1 Norman Mailer] | ||
| + | *[http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/11/10/norman_mailer_a_dissenting_vie/ Norman Mailer - A Dissenting Vote] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Norman Mailer (Born Nachum Malech Mailer in Long Branch, New Jersey 1923 - New York 2007) Jewish-American writer, son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer. Liberal and controversial, he won several American literature awards. His first novel was The Naked and the Dead. Other works were Armies of the Night and The Executioner's Song. For these two novels he won two Pulitzer Prizes (1969 and 1980). He also wrote An American Dream, which was rather notorious for his lead character murdering his wife as well as buggering his ex-Nazi maid while being praised for it. In total, he wrote over 40 books.
Mailer with Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher co-founded The Village Voice, one of the most influential weekly newspaper of the far Left in the United States (1954-55).
His fascination with drinking, drugs and violence nearly took a tragic turn in 1960, when he stabbed his wife Adele Morales with a penknife after a nightlong party. [1]
Mailer studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1967 he was arrested at the Pentagon during a demonstration against the Vietnam War. He died in New York City at the age of 84.
