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Edmund White

1940 -

Edmund Valentine White III is a patriarch of modern gay American literature, having contributed novels, memoirs, short stories, and essays, non-fiction as well as fiction, dealing with a range of social topics, frequently involving same-sex love.

His best-known works include The Joy of Gay Sex (with Charles Silverstein) and his autobiographic-fiction trilogy A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony.

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  • Cover of: Forgetting Elena.

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Loss Within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Faber book of gay short fiction

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 2 languages
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    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Corps à corps: entretiens avec Augustin Trapenard diffusés sur France Culture du 7 au 11 juin 2004

    First published in 2009 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fanny: a fiction

    First published in 2003 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition fannyfiction00whit
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  • Cover of: Rimbaud: the double life of a rebel

    First published in 2008 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Forgetting Elena

    First published in 1990 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Gay Travels: A Literary Companion

    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A Previous Life

    First published in 2022 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: L'écharde: chroniques d'un état de crise : [nouvelles]

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Faber book of gay short fiction

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2010 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Our young man: a novel

    First published in 2016 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: States of desire revisited: travels in gay America

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2011 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jack Holmes and his friend: a novel

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Gay men, Fiction, Biography, Authors, biography, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Homes and haunts, AIDS (Disease), Social life and customs, American Novelists, Fiction, gay, Gay, LGBTQ biography and memoir, New York Times reviewed, American Authors, Americans, Gay authors, Patients, Biographers, Description and travel, Fiction, general, Gay men's writings, American, Gay men, fiction, History, Intellectual life, Teenage boys
Places
France, Paris (France), Paris, United States, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), 4e Arrondissement (Paris, France), 4e Arrondissement, Christopher Street, Midwest, Stonewall Inn
People
Edmund White (1940-), Hubert Sorin, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), Marcel Proust (1871-1922), Christopher Hampton (1946-), Cora Crane (1865 or 1866-1910), Frances Milton Trollope (1780-1863), Frances Wright (1795-1852), Jean Genet (1910-1986), Marlene Dumas, Ross Bleckner, Rudi Molacek, Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
Time
20th century, 1898-1951, 1954-1969, 19th century

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May 5, 2016 Edited by Trey Fore added short bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import