Born January 31, 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey [Died] November 10, 2007. New York, New York. American novelist and journalist. He studied aeronautical engineering at Harvard University, graduating in 1943. He served in the Pacific War, and drew attention with The Naked and the Dead (1948), based on his experiences there. He then published Barbary Shore (1951), a political allegorical novel, The Deer Park (1955, dramatized and premiered in 1967), which depicts the inner workings of Hollywood, and The White Negro (1957), a full-length essay. In the 1960s, he became interested in racial issues and the Vietnam War, and published the novel Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) and The Armies of the Night (1968, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award), a record of his participation in the anti-war demonstrations in Washington. His other works include the novels An American Dream (1965), The Executioner's Song (1979, Pulitzer Prize), and The Gospel According to the son (1997), as well as the non-fiction book Why Are We at War? (2003). Mailer |
[生]1923.1.31. ニュージャージー,ロングブランチ [没]2007.11.10. ニューヨーク,ニューヨーク アメリカ合衆国の小説家,ジャーナリスト。ハーバード大学で航空工学を学び,1943年卒業。その後,太平洋戦争に従軍,この体験をもとにした『裸者と死者』 The Naked and the Dead (1948) で一躍注目を浴びた。続いて寓話風の政治小説『バーバリーの岸辺』 Barbary Shore (1951) ,ハリウッドの内幕を描いた『鹿の園』 The Deer Park (1955,劇化され 1967初演) ,長編エッセー『白い黒人』 The White Negro (1957) を発表。 1960年代には人種問題やベトナム戦争に関心を示し,小説『なぜぼくらはベトナムに行くのか』 Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) ,ワシントン反戦デモ参加の記録『夜の軍隊』 The Armies of the Night (1968,ピュリッツァー賞,全米図書賞) を発表した。ほかに,小説『アメリカの夢』 An American Dream (1965) ,『死刑執行人の歌』 The Executioner's Song (1979,ピュリッツァー賞) ,『聖書物語』 The Gospel According to the son (1997) ,ノンフィクションの『なぜわれわれは戦争をしているのか』 Why Are We at War? (2003) など。 メーラー
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