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Susan Lee Sontag (/ ˈ s ɒ n t æ ɡ /; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964.
Susan Sontag (born January 16, 1933, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 2004, New York) was an American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture.
Apr 2, 2014 · Susan Sontag was a critical essayist, cultural analyst, novelist and filmmaker. She wrote 'On Photography,' 'Illness as Metaphor,' 'The Volcano Lover' and 'In America,' among many...
Oct 8, 2019 · How Susan Sontag Taught Me to Think. The critic A.O. Scott reflects on the outsize influence Sontag has had on his life as a critic. By A.O. SCOTT OCT. 8, 2019. I spent my adolescence in a ...
Ms. Sontag wrote and directed four feature-length films: Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both in Sweden; Promised Lands (1974), made in Israel during the war of October 1973; and Unguided Tour (1983), from her short story of the same name, made in Italy.
Oct 21, 2019 · SONTAG. Her Life and Work. By Benjamin Moser. A man who’d been a classmate in grade school remembered being accosted one day in the yard by Susan Sontag, then around the age of 12, who wanted...
May 23, 2023 · What Susan Sontag Wanted for Women. A new collection reveals a world view haunted by death—and the prospect of liberation. By Merve Emre. May 23, 2023. Illustration by Chloe Cushman.
Sep 15, 2019 · UTRECHT, Netherlands — When asked what she was best known for, Susan Sontag, the formidable 20th-century public intellectual, essayist, novelist and political activist, often...
Dec 28, 2004 · In 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux published A Susan Sontag Reader. Ms. Sontag wrote and directed four feature-length films: Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both in Sweden; Promised Lands (1974), made in Israel during the war of October 1973; and Unguided Tour (1983), from her short story of the same name, made in Italy.
Benjamin Moser received the 2020 Prize in Biography for his thorough, empathetic exploration of the writer’s genius and humanity. Read on to discover how this work came together and why researching Sontag’s life felt like “standing in front of the Himalayas.”
