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Susan Lee Sontag (/ ˈ s ɒ n t æ ɡ /; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964.
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
Sontag: Her Life and Work is a 2019 biography of American writer Susan Sontag written by Benjamin Moser. The book won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography . [ 2 ] Judges of the prize called the book "an authoritatively constructed work told with pathos and grace, that captures the writer's genius and humanity alongside her ...
Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a memoir by Susan Spencer-Wendel, along with her co-writer Bret Witter. A New York Times bestseller, this book tells the story of the last years of Spencer-Wendel's life, after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Determined to make the most of her remaining time, she made a pledge to ...
With a total of 65 weeks on the list, the book became the best selling novel of 1966. [40] By the time of Susann's death in 1974, it had entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the best selling novel in publishing history, with more than 17 million copies sold. [3] By 2016, the book had sold more than 31 million copies. [41]
Susan Bogert Warner (pen name, Elizabeth Wetherell; July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885) was an American Presbyterian writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She is best remembered for her massive bestseller The Wide, Wide World .
Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, has died. She was 56. Wojcicki died of lung cancer, after living with the disease for two years, on Friday, Aug. 9, her husband Dennis Troper announced ...
Susan Brownmiller (born Susan Warhaftig; February 15, 1935) [1] is an American journalist, author and feminist activist best known for her 1975 book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, which was selected by The New York Public Library as one of 100 most important books of the 20th century.