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Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II. [1]
8 hours ago · Norman Mailer is the kind of writer people now tend to look at and appraise by saying, “He could never get away with that today.” And maybe that’s true. In Mailer’s case, however, the that ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Norman Mailer, American novelist and journalist best known for using a form of journalism, called New Journalism, that combines the imaginative subjectivity of literature with the more objective qualities of journalism. Learn more about Mailer’s life and work, including his notable books.
Nov 10, 2007 · Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died today in Manhattan....
Nachem Malech Mailer, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.
Nov 10, 2007 · Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, but which covers the essay to the nonfiction novel.
Dec 19, 2022 · In a new book, “Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer,” the British literary scholar and biographer Richard Bradford has produced an almost entirely negative portrait of a man whose life is ...
Mar 25, 2017 · Novelist, journalist, director, provocateur, pugilist — love him or hate him, Norman Mailer helped shape the culture of twentieth-century America. We publish new and archival posts about and inspired by this literary icon.
Jun 28, 2024 · “How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer” hits on an ingenious structure that avoids hagiography even as it includes friends and family.
Oct 19, 2001 · A Brief History of Norman Mailer. by J. Michael Lennon, Professor of English, Wilkes University. Among our major living writers, Norman Mailer is perhaps the most well-known, both in the...
