Gore Vidal

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essayist human novelist playwright political commentator public intellectual screenwriter

Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his incisive essays, historical novels, and sharp critiques of U.S. politics and culture.

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Gore Vidal canonical 26
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal 1

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
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playwright ⓘ
political commentator ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
birthDate 1925-10-03 ⓘ
birthPlace West Point, New York ⓘ
surface form: West Point, New York, United States
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2012-07-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
educatedAt St. Albans School ⓘ
familyName Vidal ⓘ
fullName Gore Vidal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal
genre essay ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Eugene ⓘ
knownFor criticism of American imperialism ⓘ
criticism of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
sharp wit ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Luther ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
notableWork 1876 ⓘ
Burr ⓘ
Creation ⓘ
Julian ⓘ
Lincoln ⓘ
Myra Breckinridge ⓘ
Palimpsest: A Memoir ⓘ
Point to Point Navigation ⓘ
The City and the Pillar ⓘ
United States: Essays 1952–1992 ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
pseudonym Edgar Box ⓘ
relative Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore

Albert Gore Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore Sr.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Ravello, Italy ⓘ
servedIn United States Army ⓘ
sexualOrientation bisexual ⓘ
wrote play The Best Man ⓘ
screenplay for Ben-Hur (uncredited) ⓘ
teleplay for Visit to a Small Planet ⓘ

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Phillips Exeter Academy → hasAlumni → Gore Vidal ⓘ
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → Gore Vidal ⓘ
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Suddenly, Last Summer → screenwriter → Gore Vidal ⓘ
Firing Line → hasNotableGuest → Gore Vidal ⓘ
Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement → notableRecipient → Gore Vidal ⓘ
Is Paris Burning? → screenwriter → Gore Vidal ⓘ
The Left Handed Gun → screenwriter → Gore Vidal ⓘ
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The New York Review of Books → notableContributor → Gore Vidal ⓘ
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The City and the Pillar → author → Gore Vidal ⓘ
United States: Essays 1952–1992 → author → Gore Vidal ⓘ
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The Best Man → screenwriter → Gore Vidal ⓘ
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