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I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.
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Birth: | 7th February, 1932 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Journalist |
Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. He is an American author and journalist. As a writer for The New York Times and Esquire magazine in the 1960s, he helped to define literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra. He has written several books include: Thy Neighbor's Wife, Honor Thy Father, Unto the Sons, A Writer's Life, The Kingdom and the Power, The Bridge, and Fame and Obscurity.
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