| Gay Talese  Born: 7-Feb-1932
Birthplace: Ocean City, NJ
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Honor Thy Father Military service: US Army (1954-5) Father: Joseph Francis Talese (tailor, b. Italy, immigrated 1922)
Mother: Catherine DePaolo
Wife: Nan Ahern (m. 10-Jun-1959, senior VP at Doubleday)
Daughter: Catherine (photography editor at GQ)
Daughter: Pamela (painter)
University: University of Alabama (1953)
The New York Times Reporter 1953-65
Italian Ancestry
Official Website:
http://www.gaytalese.com/
Author of books:
The Bridge (1964, nonfiction)
The Overreachers (1965, essays)
The Kingdom and the Power (1969, nonfiction, about the New York Times)
Honor Thy Father (1971, novel)
Thy Neighbor's Wife (1980, novel)
Unto the Sons (1992, memoir)
Origins of a Nonfiction Writer (1996, memoir)
A Writer's Life (2006, memoir)
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