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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. |
| His strident views on US political life, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, provoked and enraged readers. | His strident views on US political life, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, provoked and enraged readers. |
| 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. | 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. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY His many poor judgements were counterbalanced by a bullish resistance to intellectual homogeneity (a feature of our beleagured times). We need more like him. David Bell, Sunderland href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3805&edition=1">Send us your comments | |
| "A man who went to a famous prep school in the early 1920s said afterward, 'It was the worst experience of my life and the most valuable.' I can say the same about my time in the US Army," he reflected in 2005. | "A man who went to a famous prep school in the early 1920s said afterward, 'It was the worst experience of my life and the most valuable.' I can say the same about my time in the US Army," he reflected in 2005. |
| Mailer's works were often filled with violence, sexual obsession and views that angered feminists. | Mailer's works were often filled with violence, sexual obsession and views that angered feminists. |
| Married six times and the father of nine children, Mailer once said in an NBC television interview that he was worried "women are going to take over the world". | Married six times and the father of nine children, Mailer once said in an NBC television interview that he was worried "women are going to take over the world". |
| Detractors considered him an intellectual bully and he feuded with fellow authors including Truman Capote, William Styron, Tom Wolfe and Norman Podhoretz. | 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. | 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. | Mailer was also co-founder of The Village Voice alternative newspaper in New York. |