Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal ( /ˌɡɔr vɨˈdɑːl/; born October 3, 1925) is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948), outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. He also ran for political office twice and has been a longtime political critic. Vidal was born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal in West Point, New York, the only chil... More

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  • Oct 3, 1925 (age 86 years)

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