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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: Gay Travels: A Literary Companion

    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris

    First published in 2014 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition insidepearlmyyea0000whit_m3i0 Cover of edition insidepearlmyyea0000whit
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    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language
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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 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The farewell symphony

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    First published in 1994 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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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import