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(1923-2007) American writer. Norman Mailer is known for The Naked and the Dead (1948), Advertisements for Myself, and Armies of the Night (for which he received the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award).
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Norman Mailer was one of the greatest (and most controversial) writers of his generation--famous for his mix of fact and fiction. He received the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for Armies of the Night. Here are a few quotes from Norman Mailer.
Australian Humanities Review
Essay discusses the crimes, sentencing and execution of Gary Gilmore, and relates them to Mailer's subsequent book, "The Executioner's Song."
New York State Writers Institute
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