Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) was an American writer, journalist, and film director. He became internationally known with his debut novel, *The Naked and the Dead* (1948). He wrote novels, nonfiction, reportage, essays, and screenplays, and repeatedly addressed political issues in his work. For *The Armies of the Night* (1968), he received the National Book Award and his first Pulitzer Prize; in 1979, he won his second Pulitzer Prize for *The Executioner’s Song*.