VIDAL Gore

The American writer Gore Vidal was born in West Point, the son of a military academy instructor. Children and youth living in Washington in the house of his grandfather, the blind senator from Oklahoma, he was reading political texts. During the Second World War he served in the Navy, described his impressions in the first novel Uillivo "(1946). Since that time he became a professional writer, successfully performed in various genres.

Writes scripts for Hollywood and television, play. Among his novels stands wealth of content, flashing an ironic style and playing historical allusions American Saga - "Burr," "Lincoln", "1876", "Empire," "Hollywood" and "Washington". Among other novels, it should be noted the book of ancient history - "Julian" (1964), "The Creation" (1981).

Gore Vidal today - the largest essayist in American literature. His essays and interviews have made him an American Nostradamus.