Norman Mailer (1923–2007)
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Over de Auteur
Norman Kingsley Mailer was born on January 31, 1923 in Long Branch, N. J. and then moved with his family to Brooklyn, N. Y. Mailer later attended Harvard University and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering. Mailer served in the Army during World War II, and later wrote, directed, and toon meer acted in motion pictures. He was also a co-founder of the Village Voice and edited Disssent for nine years. Mailer has written several books including: The Armies of the Night, which won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and a Polk Award; and The Executioner's Song, which won the Pulitzer Prize. In 2005, he won the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He published his last novel, The Castle in the Forest, in 2007. He died of acute renal failure on November 10, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: 1967 photo by Bernard Gotfryd
Werken van Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer: Four Books of the 1960s: An American Dream / Why Are We in Vietnam? / The Armies of the Night / Miami… (2018) 56 exemplaren
The Big Empty: Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America (2006) 32 exemplaren
Norman Mailer: The Sixties: A Library of America Boxed Set (The Library of America) (2018) 12 exemplaren
Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling With Dots (Singles Classic) (2016) 4 exemplaren
Marilyn by Norman Mailer (1973-05-03) 4 exemplaren
The homosexual villain 4 exemplaren
Shika no sono 3 exemplaren
O Grande Vazio: Diálogos sobre política, sexo, deus, boxe, moral, mito, pôquer e má consciência na América (2008) 3 exemplaren
Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery & Harlot's Ghost 3 exemplaren
New short novels 2 3 exemplaren
La farsa política nord-americana 2 exemplaren
Rasha to shisha. 1. 2 exemplaren
Goli in mrtvi: Prva knjiga 1 exemplaar
A course in film-making 1 exemplaar
Les Nus et les Morts 1 exemplaar
DEER PARK In Which the Damned Chase After Love 1 exemplaar
Norman Mailer 2 Volume Hardback Collection (Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery & Harlot's Ghost) 1 exemplaar
Un Caillou au paradis : et autres nouvelles 1 exemplaar
Drevne veceri I-II 1 exemplaar
O Fantasma da Prostituta Vol II 1 exemplaar
O Canto do Carrasco 1 exemplaar
Moderne amerikanische prosa 1 exemplaar
A História de Lee Oswald 1 exemplaar
Le Chant du bourreau, Tome II 1 exemplaar
The Hot Spot / The Visitors / Exposed / Tough Guys Don't Dance (Videos) (2014) — Director — 1 exemplaar
Os Nus e os Mortos - 2 Volumes 1 exemplaar
Die Nackten und die Toten I/II 1 exemplaar
Die Nackten und die Toten III/IV 1 exemplaar
Rey del Ring 1 exemplaar
Kanojo no toki no toki : nōman meirā tanpenshū 1 exemplaar
Barbarkysten - II 1 exemplaar
Barbarkysten - I 1 exemplaar
Wild 90 [Region 2] 1 exemplaar
At the Point of My Pen [short nonfiction] 1 exemplaar
Alastomat ja kuolleet I : romaani 1 exemplaar
Alastomat ja kuolleet II: romaani 1 exemplaar
Rasha to shisha. 2. 1 exemplaar
Talking of violence 1 exemplaar
Studies of Norman Mailer and His the Naked and the Dead, Why Are We in Vietnam?, Barbary Shore, the Armies of the… (1971) 1 exemplaar
The art of fiction XXXII : Norman Mailer, an interview — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
1989 1 exemplaar
Masken des Todes und andere stories 1 exemplaar
Prologue : the man who studied yoga 1 exemplaar
Cuentos 1 exemplaar
Ha' aramim Vehametun 1 exemplaar
حكاية أوزوالد: لغز أمريكي - الكتاب الأول 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Mailer, Norman
- Officiële naam
- Mailer, Norman Kingsley
Mailer, Nachem Malech (birth) - Geboortedatum
- 1923-01-31
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2007-11-10
- Graflocatie
- Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- acute renal failure
- Woonplaatsen
- Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
New York, New York, USA
Paris, France
Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- Harvard College (BS|Aeronautical Engineering|1943)
University of Paris - Beroepen
- novelist
essayist
journalist
director
screenwriter
actor - Relaties
- Silverman, Beatrice (spouse, 1944-1952)
Morales, Adele (spouse, 1954-1961)
Campbell, Jeanne (spouse, 1962-1963)
Bentley, Beverly (spouse, 1963-1980)
Stevens, Carol (spouse, 1980-1980)
Mailer, Norris Church (spouse, 1980-2007) (toon alle 7)
Malaquais, Jean (friend, translator) - Organisaties
- The Village Voice (co-founder)
United States Army (WWII) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2005)
State Author of New York/Edith Wharton Citation of Merit (1991-93)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1960)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Fiction (2000)
Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1989)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1967) (toon alle 13)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1969, 1980)
National Book Award (1969)
Edward MacDowell Medal (1973)
George Polk Award (1969)
National Arts Club Gold Medal of Honor in Literature (1976)
Harvard University's Signet Society Medal for Achievement in the Arts (1970, 1994)
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2002)
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Norman Mailer in Legacy Libraries (februari 2014)
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