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American Writing Legend Norman Mailer Obituary
Written by Paul Rance
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Norman Mailer, one of the most famous writers in the history of American literature, died of renal failure on November 10th, aged 84.
The aggressive New Jersey showman had six wives, nine children, smoked dope, and certainly liked a drink. He lived a life more akin to a rock star, hated feminism and the Vietnam War, supported black power, stabbed his second wife, and head-butted fellow writing icon Gore Vidal. In short, the phrase "a mass of contradictions" could have been coined for him.
Mailer's novel, 'The Naked And The Dead', published in 1948, launched his career. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his Vietnam War related essay, 'Armies Of The Night (1968)', and for 'The Executioner's Song (1979)' - based on murderer Gary Gilmore's life and violent death. Mailer also wrote a controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe, where he stated the screen goddess was murdered by the FBI and CIA.
Norman Mailer Quotes
"I take it for granted that there's a side of me that loves public action, and there's another side of me that really wants to be alone and work and write. And I've learned to alternate the two as matters develop."
"I knew that there was one thing I wanted to be and that was a writer."
"There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will."
"The killing of John Lennon altered everything... like fifty million other people, I cared about Lennon."
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