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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/ v ɪ ˈ d ɑː l / vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
May 20, 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Gore Vidal was best known as a prolific American writer but was also famous for frequent talk-show appearances and witty political criticisms. Updated: May 12, 2021. Photo: Aaron...
Aug 1, 2012 · Aug. 1, 2012. Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization, died on Tuesday at his...
Feb 28, 2024 · The Lifelong Feud Between Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, Explained. Episode six of Feud features Gore Vidal’s $1 million lawsuit against Truman Capote, as well as Lee Radziwill’s refusal...
Oct 19, 2015 · The official story, as set down in Vidal’s memoirs and essays, and in hundreds of reviews, profiles, and, finally, in his obituaries—he died in 2012—went like this: grandson of Thomas P ...
Sep 27, 2020 · 241K views 3 years ago. Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American man of letters: essayist, novelist, playwright, and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit ...
