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Gore Vidal
Author · 61 books

Works of American writer Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, noted for his cynical humor and his numerous accounts of society in decline, include the play The Best Man (1960) and the novel Myra Breckinridge (1968) . People know his essays, screenplays, and Broadway. They also knew his patrician manner, transatlantic accent, and witty aphorisms. Vidal came from a distinguished political lineage; his grandfather was the senator Thomas Gore, and he later became a relation (through marriage) to Jacqueline Kennedy. Vidal, a longtime political critic, ran twice for political office. He was a lifelong isolationist Democrat. The Nation, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The New York Review of Books, and Esquire published his essays. Essays and media appearances long criticized foreign policy. In addition, he from the 1980s onwards characterized the United States as a decaying empire. Additionally, he was known for his well publicized spats with such figures as Norman Mailer, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Truman Capote. They fell into distinct social and historical camps. Alongside his social, his best known historical include Julian, Burr, and Lincoln. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948), outraged conservative critics as the first major feature of unambiguous homosexuality. At the time of his death he was the last of a generation of American writers who had served during World War II, including J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer and Joseph Heller. Perhaps best remembered for his caustic wit, he referred to himself as a "gentleman bitch" and has been described as the 20th century's answer to Oscar Wilde Also used the pseudonym Edgar Box. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Gore Vidal é um dos nomes centrais na história da literatura americana pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial. Nascido em 1925, em Nova Iorque, estudou na Academia de Phillips Exeter (Estado de New Hampshire). O seu primeiro romance, Williwaw (1946), era uma história da guerra claramente influenciada pelo estilo de Hemingway. Embora grande parte da sua obra tenha a ver com o século XX americano, Vidal debruçou-se várias vezes sobre épocas recuadas, como, por exemplo, em A Search for the King (1950), Juliano (1964) e Creation (1981). Entre os seus temas de eleição está o mundo do cinema e, mais concretamente, os bastidores de Hollywood, que ele desmonta de forma satírica e implacável em títulos como Myra Breckinridge (1968), Myron (1975) e Duluth (1983). Senhor de um estilo exuberante, multifacetado e sempre surpreendente, publicou, em 1995, a autobiografia Palimpsest: A Memoir. As obras 'O Instituto Smithsonian' e 'A Idade do Ouro' encontram-se traduzidas em português. Neto do senador Thomas Gore, enteado do padrasto de Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, primo distante de Al Gore, Gore Vidal sempre se revelou um espelho crítico das grandezas e misérias dos EUA. Faleceu a 31 de julho de 2012, aos 86 anos, na sua casa em Hollywood, vítima de pneumonia.

Series

Books

The Last Empire book cover

The Last Empire

Essays 1992-2000

2001

Selected Essays book cover

Selected Essays

2007

The City and the Pillar book cover

The City and the Pillar

1948

Lincoln book cover

Lincoln

1984

State of the Union book cover

State of the Union

The Nation's Essays 1958-2008

2013

At Home book cover

At Home

Essays 1982-1988

1987

United States book cover

United States

Essays 1952-1992

1993

The Essential Gore Vidal book cover

The Essential Gore Vidal

1999

Williwaw book cover

Williwaw

1946

I Told You So book cover

I Told You So

Gore Vidal Talks Politics: Interviews with Jon Wiener

2012

Matters of Fact and of Fiction book cover

Matters of Fact and of Fiction

1977

A Thirsty Evil book cover

A Thirsty Evil

1956

Point to Point Navigation book cover

Point to Point Navigation

2006

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire book cover

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

1992

XXX book cover

XXX

30 Porn-Star Portraits

2004

Imperial America book cover

Imperial America

Reflections on the United States of Amnesia

2004

Duluth book cover

Duluth

1983

Empire book cover

Empire

1987

Granta Portugal 5 book cover

Granta Portugal 5

Falhar Melhor

2015

The American Presidency book cover

The American Presidency

1998

Virgin Islands book cover

Virgin Islands

1798

Homage to Daniel Shays book cover

Homage to Daniel Shays

Collected Essays

1972

The Season of Comfort book cover

The Season of Comfort

1949

A Search for the King book cover

A Search for the King

1950

Live from Golgotha book cover

Live from Golgotha

1992

Myra Breckinridge book cover

Myra Breckinridge

1968

Inventing a Nation book cover

Inventing a Nation

Washington, Adams, Jefferson

2003

The Golden Age book cover

The Golden Age

2000

Romulus book cover

Romulus

1962

The Smithsonian Institution book cover

The Smithsonian Institution

1998

Palimpsest book cover

Palimpsest

A Memoir

1995

Two Sisters book cover

Two Sisters

1970

The End of Liberty book cover

The End of Liberty

2001

Burr book cover

Burr

1973

Visit to a Small Planet book cover

Visit to a Small Planet

1956

Myron book cover

Myron

1974

Washington, D.C. book cover

Washington, D.C.

1967

Vidal in Venice book cover

Vidal in Venice

1985

The Judgment of Paris book cover

The Judgment of Paris

1952

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace book cover

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

How We Got to Be So Hated

2002

Myra Breckinridge/Myron book cover

Myra Breckinridge/Myron

1968

A View from the Diners Club book cover

A View from the Diners Club

1991

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays book cover

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays

1982

Armageddon? Essays 1983-1987 book cover

Armageddon? Essays 1983-1987

1940

The Best Man book cover

The Best Man

1960

1876 book cover

1876

1976

Dreaming War book cover

Dreaming War

Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta

2002

Kalki book cover

Kalki

1976

Rocking the Boat book cover

Rocking the Boat

1962

Julian book cover

Julian

1964

Hollywood book cover

Hollywood

1989

Creation book cover

Creation

1981

Screening History book cover

Screening History

1992

Dark Green, Bright Red book cover

Dark Green, Bright Red

1950

In a Yellow Wood book cover

In a Yellow Wood

1947

Messiah book cover

Messiah

1954

An Evening with Richard Nixon book cover

An Evening with Richard Nixon

1972

Sexually Speaking book cover

Sexually Speaking

Collected Sex Writings

1999

Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship book cover

Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship

1969

Thieves Fall Out book cover

Thieves Fall Out

1953

Snapshots in History's Glare book cover

Snapshots in History's Glare

2009

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