Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923 - 2007)

Born 31 Jan 1923 in Long Branch, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Died 10 Nov 2007 at age 84 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Norman Mailer is Notable.

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor and political activist. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, for The Executioner's Song and The Armies of the Night, though his best known work is The Naked and the Dead. In 1955, Mailer and four others founded The Village Voice.

Mailer was born to a Jewish family in Long Branch, New Jersey. His father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, was a South African-born accountant, and his mother, Fanny Schneider, ran a housekeeping and nursing agency. Mailer's sister, Barbara, was born in 1927. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. Mailer was married six times and had nine children. He fathered eight children by his various wives and informally adopted his sixth wife's son from another marriage. Mailer died of acute renal failure on November 10, 2007 in New York City, and is buried in Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4V2-QT4 : accessed 7 September 2020), Norman K Barnettmailer in household of Isaac Barnettmailer, Brooklyn (Districts 0751-1000), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 843, sheet 8A, line 26, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1537; FHL microfilm 2,341,272.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQRP-SSF : 19 May 2020), Norman Maler in household of Issac Maler, Assembly District 18, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-2106A, sheet 6A, line 6, family 81, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2601.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85D-CW1 : 5 December 2014), Norman K Mailer, enlisted 27 Mar 1944, Cp Upton, Yaphank, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSL-48PT : 19 June 2017), Norman K Mailer and Barbara N Church, 1980, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V311-V3T : 23 August 2020), Norman Mailer, 10 Nov 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTN-M441 : accessed 7 September 2020), Norman Mailer, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, 11 Nov 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Local News, born-digital text.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #22800811 (accessed 12 March 2024)
  Memorial page for Norman Kingsley Mailer (31 Jan 1923-10 Nov 2007), citing Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer

• Wikidata contributors, "Q180962," Wikidata, https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q180962&oldid=1270367373 (accessed September 8, 2020).

• IMDb for author Norman Mailer: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537551/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1