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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 acerbic epigrammatic wit. [1] His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Gore Vidal. Actor: Gattaca. Gore Vidal was born Eugene Louis Vidal in 1925 in West Point, New York, to Nina (Gore) and West Point aeronautics instructor and aviation pioneer Eugene Luther Vidal. The Vidals endured a rocky marriage divorcing ten years after Gore's birth.
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.
Oct 19, 2015 · Leo Robson writes about “Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,” an authorized biography by Jay Parini.
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 ...
Jul 27, 2003 · Gore Vidal (1925-2012) never lacked for labels: Witty, irreverent, and shrewd, a propagandist, a truth-teller, and an agent provocateur. Dramatist, novelist, screenwriter,...
Nov 9, 2018 · Gore Vidal was driven, brilliant, irascible, irreverent. He was a public intellectual, author, political candidate, autodidact, essayist, playwright, and provocateur. He was also generous to Harvard. Several years ago, Vidal left his papers and library to the University.
Oct 21, 2021 · Interview: Gore Vidal Diane Johnson chatted with the confident writer in 1977, asking him to explain what made him a self-proclaimed “authority” on all things literary. Credit...
Jul 31, 2012 · Gore Vidal wrote his first novel at age 19, while serving in the United States Army, and was acclaimed as one of the most promising young writers to emerge from World War II.
Aug 1, 2012 · Born into one of America's great political dynasties and related to the Kennedys by marriage, Gore Vidal was a prolific writer and scathing critic of America's Establishment.
