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Paul Landry Monette (October 16, 1945 – February 10, 1995) was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his books about gay relationships. [1] Early life and career. Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phillips Academy in 1963 and Yale University in 1967.
Feb 12, 1995 · Paul Monette, a writer whose autobiography, "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story," a memoir of suppressing and then celebrating his homosexuality, won the 1992 National Book Award...
Paul Monette was an American author and poet whose work often explored homosexual relationships and the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic. He was best known for his autobiographies, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (1988) and Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (1992).
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Feb 12, 1995 · Monette, believed to be the first AIDS patient to ever win a National Book Award, was 49. He died Friday at his West Hollywood home five years after he was first diagnosed as...
Oct 16, 2020 · Poet, author and LGBT activist Paul Monette, known for his writing on gay relationships, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on October 16, 1945. Monette was educated at Yale University, it was in 1974 when Paul met lawyer Roger Horwitz that he accepted his sexuality.
Frequently elegiac, Monette’s poems narrate the trauma and pain of the AIDS crisis. His poetry collections include West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems 1973-1993 (1994), Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog (1988), and The Carpenter at the Asylum (1975).
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Feb 19, 1995 · Paul Monette died last week after a valiant struggle with AIDS. He will be remembered by the reading and writing public for changing the way we thought about AIDS and about being gay and lesbian....
