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Norman Mailer

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Born
1923

Died
2007

Publications
Novels, journalism, essays

Writing languages
English

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Literature

The Naked and the Dead (1948)

Novels

The Naked and the Dead (1948)

The Armies of the Night (1968)

The Executioner's Song (1980)

Ancient Evenings (1983)

American Literature

The Naked and the Dead (1948)

The Armies of the Night (1968)

The Executioner's Song (1980)

Harlot's Ghost (1991)

Crime and Mystery

The Executioner's Song (1980)

1948

The Naked and the Dead Novel

1951

Barbary Shore Novel

1956

The Man Who Studied Yoga Novella, published in New Short Novels 2

1957

"The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster" Essay

1959

Advertisements for Myself Stories, essays, poetry

1962

Deaths for the Ladies (And Other Disasters) Poetry

1963

Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969 Letters

The Presidential Papers Essays, poetry, letters

1965

An American Dream Novel

1966

Cannibals and Christians Essays

1967

The Deer Park: A Play Play

Why Are We in Vietnam? Novel

The Bullfight: A Photographic Narrative with Text by Norman Mailer Esssay

The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer Nineteentories

"The Killer", "Truth and Being: Nothing and Time", "A Calculus at Heaven", "Advertisements for Myself on the Way Out", "The Greatest Thing in the World", "Maybe Next Year", "The Paper House", "The Notebook", "The Language of Men", "The Patron Saint of MacDougal Alley", "The Dead Gook", "Great in the Hay", "The Last Night", "It", "The Shortest Novel of Them All", "Ministers of Taste", "The Test", "Upsetting the Boat", "The Time of Her Time", "TThe Man Who Studied Yoga"

1968

The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History Nonfiction novel

The Idol and the Octopus: Political Writings on the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations Nonfiction

Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 Nonfiction novel

1971

The Prisoner of Sex Essays

Of a Fire on the Moon Nonfiction

Maidstone: A Mystery Screenplay

King of the Hill: Norman Mailer on the Fight of the Century Nonfiction

1972

St. George and The Godfather Nonfiction

1973

Marilyn Biography

1974

The Faith of Graffiti Essays

1975

The Fight Nonfiction

1976

Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller Essays

1978

A Transit to Narcissus Novel, written in 1943

1979

The Executioner's Song Nonfiction novel

1980

Of Women and Their Elegance Novel

Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots Nonfiction

1982

Pieces and Pontifications Essays

1983

Ancient Evenings Novel

1984

Tough Guys Don't Dance Novel

1991

Harlot's Ghost Novel

1995

Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery Nonfiction

Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretive Biography Biography

1997

The Gospel According to the Son Novel

1998

The Time of Our Time Excerpts from works

2003

The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing Esssys

Modest Gifts: Poems and Drawings Poetry

Why Are We At War? Essays

2007

The Castle in the Forest Novel

2014

The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer Letters

2013

Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays of Norman Mailer Essays

2024

Lipton's: A Marijuana Journal Journal, written in 1954–1955

 

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