Prado´s Workshop: Gore Vidal has died...Gore Vidal ha muerto

02 agosto 2012

Gore Vidal has died...Gore Vidal ha muerto

This iconoclastic writer has died ; he was 86. He wrote 25 novels, including historical works such as Lincoln or Burr and satires such as Myra Breckinridge and Duluf. But he was a prolific essayist whose pieces on politics, religion,sexuality and literature earned him a National Book Award for his massive United States Essays,1952-1992.He had famous friends such as Anais Nin, Tennessee Williams, Orson Welles, Truman Capote, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando or Paul Newman as well as a variety of Kennedys. He popped up in `movies playing himself in Fellini´s Roma or a plotter in Gattaca. In politics he ran for the Senate from California and Congress in New York but he was unsuccessful. Vidal will be missed by those who love writers who give us knowledge. A sad day indeed.

El prolífico autor Gore Vidal ha muerto de neumonía a la edad de 86 años. Si quieres más información sobre él haz click en este enlace

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