Born in New York in 1933, Sontag spent her professional life writing essays, novels, and short stories. She was also a political activist, publicly protesting the Vietnam War and basing her formidable cultural critiques on real-life visits to war zones, from Hanoi to Sarajevo.
The Southern Illinoisan: ‘Sontag: Her Life and Work’ by Benjamin Moser (HarperCollins, $22)
Winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for biography, this hefty book (800-plus pages) examines the life of one of America’s best-known public intellectuals, Susan Sontag. “An authoritatively ...
The Pantagraph: ‘Sontag: Her Life and Work’ by Benjamin Moser (HarperCollins, $22)
Susan Lee Sontag (/ ˈsɒntæɡ /; – ) was an American writer and critic. She primarily wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964.
Susan Sontag was an American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture. Sontag (who adopted her stepfather’s name) was reared in Tucson, Arizona, and in Los Angeles.
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Ms. Sontag wrote and directed four feature-length films: Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both in Sweden; Promised Lands (1974), made in Israel during the war of October 1973; and Unguided Tour (1983), from her short story of the same name, made in Italy.
Susan Sontag was one of the most influential cultural critics of the twentieth century. She redefined the ways in which people look at art and literature. In New York’s cultural scene during the later years of the twentieth century, Susan Sontag was everywhere.