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Jan 13, 1940 — Jun 3, 2025· 85 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · GAY MEN

Edmund White

Also known as: Edmund WHITE, EDMUND WHITE

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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.

Cincinnati, United States
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We're going for a midnight boat ride.

— from A boy's own story, 1983

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Between Men

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Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess."

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A boy's own story

1983

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Edmund White is a patriarch of gay American literature. A Boy's Own Story is the first of his trio of autobiographical novels (followed by The Beautiful Room Is Empty and The Farewell Symphony). It begins with experiments and realizations of adolescence and proceeds through his firsthand account of the Stonewall uprising.

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Arts and letters

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"39 lively essays and profiles ... illuminate some of the most influential writers, artists, and cultural icons of the past century"--Book jacket.

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