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'''Gore Vidal''', born 1925, is an [[American]] writer notorious for his promotion of homosexuality and transexualism in two of his novels.
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'''Gore Vidal''', born 1925, is an eminent, prolific [[American]] writer. His first novel, ''[[Williwaw]]'', was published when he was 19 years old and deals with the experiences of men together on an army boat during the [[Second World War]]. It was well received and sold moderately well. Vidal became recognised as one of a new set of young writers emerging in the immediate post-war period.
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His third novel, ''[[The City and the Pillar]]'', was the first American [[homosexual]] novel to become a nation-wide bestseller. This was in spite of numerous hostile reviews and several booksellers refusing to stock the novel. Several years later, Vidal published a revised edition.
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His other novels include the historical fictions ''[[Julian]]'' and ''[[Creation]]'', the American historical fictions ''[[Burr]]'', ''[[Washington DC]]'', ''[[Lincoln]]'', ''[[Empire]]'' and others, and the satirical fictions ''[[Myra Breckinridge]]'', ''[[Myron]]'', ''[[Messiah]]'', ''[[Duluth]]'', ''[[Kalki]]'', ''[[Two Sisters]]'', ''[[Live from Golgotha]]'', and ''[[The Smithsonian Institution]]''.
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:Because of his matter-of-fact treatment of homosexual relations in such books as ''The City and The Pillar'', Vidal is often seen as an early and unrelenting champion of sexual liberation. ''Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings'', a representative sampling of his views, contains literary and cultural essays that document his long campaign to mock and subvert conventional American attitudes toward sex. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gore_Vidal&oldid=143191794]
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He has also published many essays critical of American culture, social values and [[politics]], as well as some literary essays and reviews. These have recently been collected in the book ''[[United States]]'', which won the [[National Book Award]].  
 
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Vidal has published a memoir, ''[[Palimpsest]]'', which was widely acclaimed. A second memoir, ''[[Point to Point Navigation]]'', has also recently appeared.
 

Revision as of 00:14, July 8, 2007

Gore Vidal, born 1925, is an American writer notorious for his promotion of homosexuality and transexualism in two of his novels.

Wikipedia reveals:

Because of his matter-of-fact treatment of homosexual relations in such books as The City and The Pillar, Vidal is often seen as an early and unrelenting champion of sexual liberation. Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings, a representative sampling of his views, contains literary and cultural essays that document his long campaign to mock and subvert conventional American attitudes toward sex. [1]
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