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    Battles/wars. World War II. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( / vɪˈdɑːl / vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. [1] His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.

  2. Jul 27, 2024 · Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925, West Point, New York, U.S.—died July 31, 2012, Los Angeles, California) was a prolific American novelist and essayist who was as well known for his outspoken political opinions and his witty and satirical observations as he was for his irreverent and intellectually adroit fiction.

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  3. Aug 1, 2012 · Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. was born on Oct. 3, 1925, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where his father, Eugene, had been an All-American football player and a track star and ...

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · American writer Gore Vidal is known for many popular screenplays, plays and novels, as well as other literary works. He wrote and published more than 200 essays and 24 novels throughout his career ...

  5. Sep 27, 2020 · Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American man of letters: essayist, novelist, playwright, and public intellectual known for his epigrammat...

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  6. Oct 19, 2015 · In 1977, after visiting Vidal at his cliff-perched villa on the Amalfi Coast, Martin Amis observed that “he has little of the paranoia worryingly frequent among well-known writers.”. Norman ...

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  8. Jul 27, 2003 · Learn about the life and career of Gore Vidal, a prolific and provocative writer who spanned six decades of American literature and culture. Explore his novels, essays, plays, films, and political engagements in this comprehensive profile.

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