Author
Norman Mailer
January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007 · United States
Journalist, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Novelist, Essayist, Writer, Playwright, Poet, Film producer, Film editor, Historian, Biographer, Stage actor
Titles on list
10
Total weeks
134
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
19
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- January 31, 1923 · Long Branch
- Died
- November 10, 2007 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- University of Paris, Harvard University, Boys High School, Boys and Girls High School
Awards & Honours
- 1968George Polk Award
- 1969National Book Award
- 1969Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
- 1980Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 1982Lucien Barrière Literary Award
- 1988Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
- 1989Emerson-Thoreau Medal
- 1992Helmerich Award
- 1996PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
- Legion of Honour
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
On the Bestseller Lists
10 titles
THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST
Norman Mailer
THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST
#5 · 3 wks
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON
Norman Mailer
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON
#7 · 6 wks
HARLOT'S GHOST
Norman Mailer
HARLOT'S GHOST
#12 · 3 wks
TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE
Norman Mailer
TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE
#4 · 11 wks
ANCIENT EVENINGS
Norman Mailer
ANCIENT EVENINGS
#6 · 16 wks
MARILYN
Norman Mailer
MARILYN
#6 · 9 wks
AN AMERICAN DREAM
Norman Mailer
AN AMERICAN DREAM
#8 · 6 wks
THE DEER PARK
Norman Mailer
THE DEER PARK
#6 · 15 wks
BARBARY SHORE
Norman Mailer
BARBARY SHORE
#11 · 3 wks
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
Norman Mailer
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
#1 · 62 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).