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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 epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Feb 28, 2024 · Episode six of ‘Feud’ features Gore Vidal’s $1 million lawsuit against Truman Capote, as well as Lee Radziwill’s refusal to intervene on behalf of her former friend: ‘They’re disgusting.
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 · 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...
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 home in the ...
Oct 19, 2015 · Leo Robson writes about “Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,” an authorized biography by Jay Parini.
Gore Vidal was an American writer and screenwriter who worked in a wide variety of genres.
Oct 21, 2021 · Oct. 21, 2021. Interview first published April 17, 1977. Mr. Vidal, you recently wrote in The New York Review of Books, “When it comes to matters of prose and of fiction at this time and in this ...
Nov 9, 2018 · Gore Vidal was driven, brilliant, irascible, irreverent. He was a public intellectual, author, political candidate, autodidact, essayist, playwright, and provocateur.
Aug 1, 2012 · Prolific author, playwright and personality, Gore Vidal, died yesterday at age 86 due to complications from pneumonia.
