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Author Norman Mailer dies at 84 Author Norman Mailer dies at 84
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer has died of renal failure aged 84, his literary executor has said.Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer has died of renal failure aged 84, his literary executor has said.
Mailer won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Armies of the Night in 1968 and The Executioner's Song in 1979.Mailer won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Armies of the Night in 1968 and The Executioner's Song in 1979.
He was known for biting prose and as an antagonist of the feminist movement. His latest work, The Castle in the Forest, was published this year.He was known for biting prose and as an antagonist of the feminist movement. His latest work, The Castle in the Forest, was published this year.
Last month he had surgery to remove scar tissue from around his lung.Last month he had surgery to remove scar tissue from around his lung.
Born in 1923 in New Jersey, Mailer wrote dozens of books as well as plays, poems, screenplays and essays.Born in 1923 in New Jersey, Mailer wrote dozens of books as well as plays, poems, screenplays and essays.
He was co-founder of The Village Voice alternative newspaper in New York. His strident views on US political life, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, provoked and enraged readers.
His first major success, the novel The Naked and the Dead, was a fictionalised account based on his experiences in the Army in World War II. Author feuds
Mailer's first major success, the 1948 novel The Naked and the Dead, was a fictionalised account based on his experiences in the Army in World War II.
His works were often filled with violence, sexual obsession and views that angered feminists.
Detractors considered him an intellectual bully and he feuded with fellow authors including Truman Capote, William Styron, Tom Wolfe and Norman Podhoretz.
In later life he reconsidered many of his old positions but never surrendered his right to speak his mind.
Mailer was also co-founder of The Village Voice alternative newspaper in New York.