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Also Known As	Norman Kingsley Mailer
Born	January 31, 1923 • Long Branch • New Jersey
Died	November 10, 2007 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award (1968)
Notable Works	“Advertisements for Myself” • “An American Dream” • “Ancient Evenings” • “Barbary Shore” • “Cannibals and Christians” • “Harlot’s Ghost” • “Miami and the Siege of Chicago” • “Of a Fire on the Moon” • “On God” • “Oswald’s Tale” • “The Armies of the Night” • “The Castle in the Forest” • “The Executioner’s Song” • “The Gospel According to the Son” • “The Naked and the Dead” • ”The Presidential Papers • “The Spooky Art” • “The White Negro” • “Tough Guys Don’t Dance” • “Why Are We in Vietnam?”