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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.
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.
May 11, 2024 · Gore Vidal is a national icon...He is one of the best-known chroniclers of American history and politics...Following the publication of the first two of his latest trilogy of books examining the American empire, Vidal was described as the last "noble defender" of the American republic, America's last "small-r" republican.
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 ...
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.
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,...
Aug 1, 2012 · Gore Vidal was famous for his hates: academia, presidents, whole portions of the American public and, most notably, Truman Capote. Yet he could be incredibly generous to other writer friends.
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...
Aug 1, 2012 · Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, has died in Los Angeles.
