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Norman Mailer
For 19th century dentist, see Norman William Kingsley.
American writer (1923–2007)
Norman Mailer | |
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Mailer in 1967 | |
Born | Nachem Malech Mailer (1923-01-31)January 31, 1923 Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | November 10, 2007(2007-11-10) (aged 84) New York City, U.S. |
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Education | Harvard University (BS) |
Period | 1941–2007 |
Notable works | |
Spouses | Beatrice Silverman (m. ; div. 1952)Adele Morales (m. 1954; div. 1962)Jeanne Campbell (m. 1962; div. 1963)Beverly Bentley (m. 1963; div. 1980)Carol Stevens (m. ; div. ) |
Children | 9, including Susan, Kate, Michael • A low-keyed objective narrative of the novelist and journalist from enfant terrible to grizzled sexagenarian designed to seek out the literary artist behind the mask of self-advertisement. Complete with domesticity--sweethearts, wives, progency, and four-letter words. A veryi good read."--Leon Edel Rollyson, author of three other literary biographies, presents an accessible critical biography of Mailer, which will prove interesting to a general readership but provides somewhat less new information for Mailer scholars. Rollyson draws extensively from the two biographies that precede his--Hilary Mills's Mailer: a Biography and Mailer, His Life and Times ed. by Peter Manso --and from interviews in Conversations with Norman Mailer, ed. by J. Michael Lennon (1988), adding information from his own interviews and research. Similarly, he collates readings of Mailer's works from the many critical studies published during the past 22 years, and in synthesizing these contribute |