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Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America.

Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. She wrote extensively about photography, culture and media, AIDS and illness, human rights, and communism and leftist ideology. Although her essays and speeches sometimes drew controversy, she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation."

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Born 16 Jan 1933
Died 28 Dec 2004

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  • Cover of: Illness as metaphor

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  • Cover of: The volcano lover: a romance

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  • Cover of: I, etcetera: Susan Sontag.

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  • Cover of: Under the sign of Saturn

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Born 16 Jan 1933
Died 28 Dec 2004

Subjects

Criticism, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Social aspects, Essays (single author), History, Modern Literature, Sontag, susan, 1933-2004, Fiction, short stories (single author), American essays, Artistic Photography, Authors, biography, History and criticism, Metaphor, AIDS (Disease), Fiction, general, Photography, American Authors, Authors, american, Fiction, historical, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 20th century, National Book Award Winner, Photojournalism, Tuberculosis, War and society

Places

United States, Italy, Naples (Italy), Vesuvius (Italy), California, Hanoi (Vietnam), Italia, Naples, North Vietnam, Nápoles (Italia), Poland, Vesubio (Italia), Vesuvius

People

Susan Sontag (1933-2004), Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount (1758-1805), Susan Sontag (1933-), William Hamilton Sir (1730-1803), Emma Hamilton Lady (1761?-1815), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935-), Agnes Martin, Akke Alma, Albita, Alexandria Trower, Alice James (1848-1892), Alice Waters, Alison Estabrook, Angie Idrogo, Ann Hamilton, Ann Richards, Anna Deavere Smith, Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), Asabi Romera Henderson, Barbara Boxer, Barbara Bush, Barbara Walters Martha Stewart, Betty Ford, Blythe Danner, Brooke Astor

Time

20th century, 1734-1860, 19th century

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  • SONTAG SUSAN
  • SUSAN SONTAG
  • Susan. Sontag
  • Susan sontag

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February 19, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
July 10, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
November 24, 2019 Edited by dcapillae No other names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import