Literary figure Norman Mailer passes away at 84

The name Norman Mailer sounds very familiar to me. I came across this particular writer while searching google for contemporary American writers. Unfortunately, the sad news is: the literary king passed away recently at 84. Here’s more on his life, works and other aspects. Mailer did a great job of living it up! What makes me say this? Well, I don’t have anything else to say for a guy who married six times, been a father to eight children, and even stabbed one of his wives during a crazy booze party! He also ran for New York City mayor position. Norman was the ‘quintessential American author’ of our era. He has written several famous pieces of literary works. For example, The naked and The Dead, Why are we in Viet Nam, Barbary Shore, gives us the idea that he was more of a war writer than anything else. His works provide us with insights on various aspects of the GI bills, as well as World War II. I think Mr.Mailer’s rowdy character made him the perfect man for the job that he did. We need to keep in mind that during his lifetime, young Americans would be drafted by the govt. and shipped out to ‘fight for the country’. This happened to Norman Mailer. Born to a middle class family background, with his father Isaac working as an accountant and his mother Fanny working as a housekeeper, Norman studied aeronautical engineering from Harvard. Later on he decided to become a writer. According to the late American critic Anatole Broyard, Norman’s career was as follows, His career seems to be a brawl between his talent and his exhibitionism. Mailer’s books will keep Mailer alive even after his death. There is no doubt that he was larger than life when he lived. America lost this great author last Saturday in a New York City hospital. Norman Mailer passed away due to acute renal failure. Image Credits: Nytimes, Achievement