Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was an American writer. Born January 31, 1923, in Long Branch. Died November 10, 2007, in New York City. Educated at University of Paris and Harvard University. Awards include National Book Award, George Polk Award and PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.
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- Described as
- American writer (1923–2007)
- Other names
- Andreas Wilson, Norman Kingsley Mailer
- Born
- January 31, 1923 · 17 references
- Died
- November 10, 2007 · 17 references
- Born in
- Long Branch · 3 references
- Died in
- New York City · 2 references
- Buried in
- Provincetown Cemetery · 1 reference
- Cause of death
- kidney failure
- Name at birth
- Norman Kingsley Mailer
- Citizen of
- United States · 2 references
- Occupation
- journalist · 1 reference; actor · 4 references; film director; screenwriter · 1 reference; novelist; essayist; writer · 4 references; playwright
- Education
- University of Paris; Harvard University (1939–1943); Boys High School · 1 reference; Boys and Girls High School · 1 reference
- Member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; The 8th Street Club
- Awards
- National Book Award (1969); George Polk Award (1968); PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (1996); Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1969) · 1 reference; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1980); Helmerich Award (1992); Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1989); Legion of Honour; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1 reference; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (1988) · 1 reference; star on Playwrights' Sidewalk · 1 reference; Lucien Barrière Literary Award (1982) · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Adele Morales (1954–1962) · 1 reference; Jeanne Campbell (1962–1963) · 1 reference; Norris Church Mailer (1980–2007) · 1 reference; Bea Silverman (1944–) · 1 reference; Beverly Rentz Bentley · 1 reference; Carol Stevens (1980–) · 1 reference
- Children
- Stephen Mailer · 1 reference; John Buffalo Mailer; Kate Mailer · 1 reference; Michael Mailer · 1 reference; Danielle Mailer · 1 reference; Elizabeth Anne Mailer · 1 reference; Maggie Alexandra Mailer · 1 reference; Susan Mailer · 1 reference
- Father
- Isaac Barnett Mailer · 1 reference
- Mother
- Fanny Schneider · 1 reference
- Religion
- Judaism
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Lived in
- New Jersey; Provincetown; Long Branch; Brooklyn
- Wikipedias with a page
- 87
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1383541029
Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.
His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel The Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction as well as the National Book Award. Among his other well-known works are An American Dream (1965), The Fight (1975) and The Executioner's Song (1979), which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Mailer is considered an innovator of "creative nonfiction" or "New Journalism", along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion and Tom Wolfe, a genre that uses the style and devices of literary fiction in factual journalism. He was a prominent cultural commentator and critic, expressing his often controversial views through his novels, journalism, frequent press appearances, and essays, the most famous and reprinted of which is "The White Negro". In 1955, he and three others founded The Village Voice, an arts and politics-oriented weekly newspaper distributed in Greenwich Village.
In 1960, Mailer was convicted of assault and served a three-year probation after he stabbed his wife Adele Morales with a penknife, nearly killing her. In 1969, he ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of New York, finishing fourth in the Democratic primaries. Mailer was married six times and had nine children.
- Born, in its opening lines
- January 31, 1923
- Died, in its opening lines
- November 10, 2007
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