
Norman Mailer
- Born
American writer (1923–2007).
Quick Facts
- Occupation
- journalist · actor · film director · screenwriter · novelist · essayist · writer · playwright · poet · film producer · film editor · historian · biographer · stage actor · director
- Affiliation
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Affiliation
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Affiliation
- The 8th Street Club
Relationships
Norman Mailer is the child of Isaac Barnett Mailer and Fanny Schneider.
Spouses & partners
- SpouseAdele Morales19 April 1954 — 1962
- SpouseJeanne Campbell4 May 1962 — 16 December 1963
- SpouseNorris Church Mailer11 November 1980 — 10 November 2007
- SpouseBea SilvermanFrom January 1944
- SpouseBeverly Rentz Bentley
- SpouseCarol StevensFrom 1980
Family
- FatherIsaac Barnett Mailer
- MotherFanny Schneider
- ChildStephen Mailer
- ChildJohn Buffalo Mailer
- ChildKate Mailer
- ChildMichael Mailer
- ChildDanielle Mailer
- ChildElizabeth Anne Mailer
- ChildMaggie Alexandra Mailer
- ChildSusan Mailer
Awards & Nominations
The Armies of the Night earned Norman Mailer the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1969. The Executioner's Song earned Norman Mailer the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1980.
Works & Screen Credits
Education
Norman Mailer attended Harvard University until 1943.
- University of Paris
- Harvard University1939 — 1943aerospace engineering
- Boys High School
- Boys and Girls High School
Languages
Native language
- English
Sources & Credits
Wikidata · Q180962 ↗
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