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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.
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.
Sep 17, 2019 · Benjamin Moser. Tue 17 Sep 2019 03.00 EDT. In 2004, as Susan Sontag lay dying, horrifying pictures began to emerge from a prison in Iraq. She had received a diagnosis of blood cancer at the end...
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Authors & Writers. Womens Rights Activists. Susan Sontag was a critical essayist, cultural analyst, novelist and filmmaker. She wrote 'On Photography,' 'Illness as Metaphor,' 'The...
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 ...
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.”.
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