| Gore Vidal  AKA Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.
Born: 3-Oct-1925
Birthplace: West Point, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Visit to a Small Planet Military service: US Army Reserve (1943-46) Father: Gene Vidal
Mother: Nina Gore (alcoholic)
Boyfriend: Jimmie Trimble (d. 1-Jun-1945, Battle of Iwo Jima)
Slept with: Jack Kerouac
High School: St. Albans School, Washington, DC
High School: Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
The Times Literary Supplement Contributor
Academy of Achievement (2006)
America First Committee
The Independent Institute Advisory Board
Institute for Policy Studies Senior Scholar
National Secular Society Honorary Associate
National Book Award for Nonfiction 1993 for United States: Essays 1952-1992
Edgar Allan Poe Award Best Episode in a TV Series, Suspense, "Smoke" (1954)
Knee Replacement
Risk Factors: Obesity
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The U.S. vs John Lennon (31-Aug-2006) Himself
Inside Deep Throat (11-Feb-2005) Himself
Why We Fight (2005) Himself
Gattaca (24-Oct-1997)
Shadow Conspiracy (25-Jan-1997)
The Celluloid Closet (13-Sep-1995) Himself
With Honors (29-Apr-1994)
Bob Roberts (4-Sep-1992)
Author of books:
Williwaw (1946, novel)
The City and the Pillar (1948, novel)
Julian (1964, novel)
Washington, D.C. (1967, novel)
Myra Breckenridge (1968, novel)
Reflections on a Sinking Ship (1969, essays)
Burr (1973, novel)
1876 (1976, novel)
Creation (1982, novel)
The Second American Revolution (1982, essays)
Lincoln (1984, novel)
Empire (1987, novel)
Armageddon (1987, essays)
Hollywood (1990, novel)
Live from Golgotha (1992, novel)
Screening History (1992, essays)
United States: Essays 1952-1992 (1993, essays)
Palimpsest (1995, memoir)
The Smithsonian Institution (1998, novel)
The Golden Age (2000, novel)
The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 (2001, essays)
Wrote plays:
Visit to a Small Planet (1955)
The Best Man (1960)
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