Norman Mailer



Norman Mailer

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born January 31, 1923
died November 10, 2007
gender male
place of birth Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
website http://www.normanmailersociety.com/Welcome.html
genre Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

about this author

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. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice and the National Book Award once. In 1955, Mailer, together with Ed Fancher and Dan Wolf, first published The Village Voice, which began as an arts- and politics-oriented weekly newspaper initially distributed in Greenwich Village. In 2005, he won the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation.

books by Norman Mailer

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avg rating: 3.70 | 4038 ratings | 71 distinct works
The Executioner's Song The Executioner's Song (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 4.16 — 893 ratings — published 1979
13 editions
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The Naked and the Dead The Naked and the Dead (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 4.01 — 588 ratings — published 1948
22 editions
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The Armies of the Night: Histo... The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.63 — 304 ratings — published 1995
12 editions
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An American Dream An American Dream (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.49 — 249 ratings — published 1965
13 editions
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The Castle in the Forest: A No... The Castle in the Forest: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.09 — 257 ratings — published 2007
9 editions
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Tough Guys Don't Dance: A Nove... Tough Guys Don't Dance: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.34 — 154 ratings — published 1984
13 editions
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The Gospel According to the So... The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.25 — 151 ratings — published 1999
10 editions
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Ancient Evenings Ancient Evenings (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.36 — 100 ratings — published 1997
6 editions
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Why Are We in Vietnam?: A Nove... Why Are We in Vietnam?: A Novel (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.45 — 82 ratings — published 2000
7 editions
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The Deer Park The Deer Park (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
avg rating 3.35 — 78 ratings — published 1955
11 editions
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quotes by Norman Mailer

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"Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.
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"One thing I've learned in all these years is not to make love when you really don't feel it; there's probably nothing worse you can do to yourself than that."
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""There is a no man's land between sex and love, and it alters in the night.""
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