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| - | {{Template}}'''Norman Kingsley Mailer''' (born [[January 31]], [[1923]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[novelist]], [[journalist]], [[playwright]], [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]]. Along with [[Truman Capote]], [[Joan Didion]] and [[Tom Wolfe]], Mailer is considered an innovator of [[creative nonfiction]], a genre sometimes called [[New Journalism]], but which covers the [[essay]] to the [[nonfiction novel]]. He has been awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]] twice and the [[National Book Award]] once. In 2005, he won the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The [[National Book Foundation]]. | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "[[Norman Mailer]], [[Truman Capote]], [[William Styron]] — perhaps half-a-dozen others approaching or just past thirty — have numerous admirers, but it is clear that their impact on young intellectuals has not been remotely comparable to that made on a previous generation by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald |Fitzgerald]]." -- "[[Born 1930: The Unlost Generation]]" by Caroline Bird, Feb. 1957 | ||
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| + | '''Norman Kingsley Mailer''' (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an [[American writer]] and liberal political activist. His novel ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]'' was published in 1948 and brought him early and wide renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ''[[Armies of the Night]]'' won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the [[National Book Award]]. His best-known work is widely considered to be ''[[The Executioner's Song]]'', the 1979 winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best-selling books in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any other post-war American writer. | ||
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| + | Along with [[Truman Capote]], [[Joan Didion]], [[Hunter S. Thompson]], and [[Tom Wolfe]], Mailer is considered an innovator of [[creative nonfiction]], a genre sometimes called [[New Journalism]], which uses the style and devices of literary fiction in fact-based journalism. Mailer was also known for his essays, the most famous and reprinted of which is "[[The White Negro]]". He was a cultural commentator and critic, expressing his views through his novels, journalism, essays, and frequent media appearances. In 1955, Mailer and three others founded ''[[The Village Voice]]'', an arts- and politics-oriented weekly newspaper distributed in [[Greenwich Village]]. In 1960, he was convicted of assault and served a three-year probation after he [[Stabbing of Adele Morales by Norman Mailer|stabbed his wife, Adele Morales]], with a penknife, nearly killing her. [[1969 New York City mayoral election|In 1969]], he ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of New York. | ||
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| + | While principally known as a novelist and journalist, Mailer was not afraid to bend genres and venture outside his comfort zone; he lived a life that seemed to embody an idea that echoes throughout his work: "There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same." | ||
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| + | ==Selected bibliography== | ||
| + | ===Fiction=== | ||
| + | * ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]''. New York: Rinehart, 1948. | ||
| + | * ''[[Barbary Shore]]''. New York: Rinehart, 1951. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Deer Park]]''. New York: Putnam's, 1955. | ||
| + | * ''[[An American Dream]]''. New York: Dial, 1965. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer]]''. New York: Dell, 1967. | ||
| + | * ''[[Why are we in Vietnam?]]'' New York: Putnam's, 1967. | ||
| + | * ''[[Of Women and Their Elegance]]''. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1980 | ||
| + | * ''[[Ancient Evenings]]''. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. | ||
| + | * ''[[Tough Guys Don't Dance]]''. New York: Random House, 1984. | ||
| + | * ''[[Harlot's Ghost]]''. New York: Random House, 1991. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Gospel According To The Son]]''. New York: Random House, 1997. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Castle in the Forest]]''. New York: Random House, 2007. | ||
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| + | ===Non-Fiction=== | ||
| + | * ''[[The White Negro]]''. San Francisco: City Lights, 1957. | ||
| + | * ''[[Advertisements for Myself]]''. New York: Putnam's, 1959. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Presidential Papers]]''.New York: Putnam, 1963. | ||
| + | * ''[[Cannibals and Christians]]''. New York: Dial, 1966. | ||
| + | * ''[[Armies of the Night]]''. New York: New American Library, 1968. | ||
| + | * ''[[Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968]]''. New York: New American Library, 1968. | ||
| + | * ''[[Of a Fire on the Moon]]''. Boston: Little, Brown, 1969. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Prisoner of Sex]]''. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971. | ||
| + | * ''[[St. George and The Godfather]]''. New York: Signet Classics, 1972. | ||
| + | * ''[[Marilyn (book)|Marilyn]]''. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1973. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Faith of Grafitti]]''. New York: Praeger, 1974. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Fight (book)|The Fight]]''. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Executioner's Song]]''. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. | ||
| + | * ''[[Pieces and Pontifications]]''. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. | ||
| + | * ''[[Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretative Biography]]''. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. | ||
| + | * ''[[Oswald's Tale:An American Mystery]]''. New York: Random House, 1996. | ||
| + | * ''[[Why Are We At War?]]''. New York: Random House, 2003. | ||
| + | * ''[[The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing]]''. New York: Random House, 2003. | ||
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American writer and liberal political activist. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early and wide renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be The Executioner's Song, the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best-selling books in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any other post-war American writer.
Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, which uses the style and devices of literary fiction in fact-based journalism. Mailer was also known for his essays, the most famous and reprinted of which is "The White Negro". He was a cultural commentator and critic, expressing his views through his novels, journalism, essays, and frequent media appearances. In 1955, Mailer and three others founded The Village Voice, an arts- and politics-oriented weekly newspaper distributed in Greenwich Village. In 1960, he was convicted of assault and served a three-year probation after he stabbed his wife, Adele Morales, with a penknife, nearly killing her. In 1969, he ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of New York.
While principally known as a novelist and journalist, Mailer was not afraid to bend genres and venture outside his comfort zone; he lived a life that seemed to embody an idea that echoes throughout his work: "There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same."
Selected bibliography
Fiction
- The Naked and the Dead. New York: Rinehart, 1948.
- Barbary Shore. New York: Rinehart, 1951.
- The Deer Park. New York: Putnam's, 1955.
- An American Dream. New York: Dial, 1965.
- The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer. New York: Dell, 1967.
- Why are we in Vietnam? New York: Putnam's, 1967.
- Of Women and Their Elegance. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1980
- Ancient Evenings. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983.
- Tough Guys Don't Dance. New York: Random House, 1984.
- Harlot's Ghost. New York: Random House, 1991.
- The Gospel According To The Son. New York: Random House, 1997.
- The Castle in the Forest. New York: Random House, 2007.
Non-Fiction
- The White Negro. San Francisco: City Lights, 1957.
- Advertisements for Myself. New York: Putnam's, 1959.
- The Presidential Papers.New York: Putnam, 1963.
- Cannibals and Christians. New York: Dial, 1966.
- Armies of the Night. New York: New American Library, 1968.
- Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968. New York: New American Library, 1968.
- Of a Fire on the Moon. Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.
- The Prisoner of Sex. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
- St. George and The Godfather. New York: Signet Classics, 1972.
- Marilyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1973.
- The Faith of Grafitti. New York: Praeger, 1974.
- The Fight. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975.
- The Executioner's Song. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
- Pieces and Pontifications. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982.
- Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretative Biography. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995.
- Oswald's Tale:An American Mystery. New York: Random House, 1996.
- Why Are We At War?. New York: Random House, 2003.
- The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing. New York: Random House, 2003.
