ALHOLK Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 The great American author Norman Mailer has apparently left us at an age of 84. I read his novel "The naked and the dead" when I as young and "Barbary shore" and "Armies of the night". I have "The deer park" in my book shelf and will read it as soon as I have time. He never got the Nobel prize although he was mentioned a couple of times. He is in good company though. Graham Greene never got it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Mailer became the articulate voice of the 1960s with writing such as his novel Why Are We In Vietnam? and his eyewitness account of the 1968 presidential nominating conventions, "Miami and the Siege of Chicago." He won the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Armies Of The Night -- a personal account of the 1967 march on the Pentagon by anti-war activists. He was awarded a second Pulitzer in 1979 for The Executioner's Song, the true story of self-confessed murderer Gary Gilmore. Great writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 how many of Norman Mailer's books did you actually read, Torney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Just the jackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorwolf Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 the ny times has a fine obituary as for the nobel literature prize, here's a list of winners in an alternate universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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