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Gore Vidal
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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit.
His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics.
He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.
S.
House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.
S.
Senate (for California).
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