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Susan Lee Sontag (/ ˈ s ɒ n t æ ɡ /; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964.
- 1959–2004
- Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France
Apr 9, 2024 · Susan Sontag (born January 16, 1933, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 2004, New York) was an American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture. Susan Sontag, c. 1990. Sontag (who adopted her stepfather’s name) was reared in Tucson, Arizona, and in Los Angeles.
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Susan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from the College of the University of Chicago and did graduate work in philosophy, literature, and theology at Harvard University and Saint Anne’s College, Oxford.
Oct 8, 2019 · How Susan Sontag Taught Me to Think. The critic A.O. Scott reflects on the outsize influence Sontag has had on his life as a critic. By A.O. SCOTT OCT. 8, 2019. I spent my adolescence in a ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and work of Susan Sontag, a critical essayist, cultural analyst, novelist and filmmaker. She wrote influential books on topics such as photography, illness, camp and America.
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Benjamin Moser received the 2020 Prize in Biography for his thorough, empathetic exploration of the writer’s genius and humanity. Read on to discover how this work came together and why researching Sontag’s life felt like “standing in front of the Himalayas.”.
Oct 21, 2019 · Oct. 21, 2019. SONTAG. Her Life and Work. By Benjamin Moser. A man who’d been a classmate in grade school remembered being accosted one day in the yard by Susan Sontag, then around the age of...
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