Norman Mailer

Born

January 31, 1923

Died

November 10, 2007 (aged 84)

Known as

journalist, actor, film director, screenwriter, novelist, essayist

Nachem Malech Mailer, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.

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