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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Writing
03 Oct 1925
31 Jul 2012
West Point, New York, USA

Biography

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S....

Also Known As

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Edgar Box, Cameron Kay, Katherine Everard, 고어 비달

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