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Alex Dictionary is a structured, fact-checked and controlled dictionary of fiction authors from all over the world. Alex offers a range of excellent search options so that you can find the right one in our broad database which changes daily with additions such as e.g. new titles, adaptations and references. All texts are written by professionals, edited by professionals and reviewed by professionals, nothing is AI generated. We have subscriptions for institutions, companies and private individuals. Get started today!
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Mailer, Norman
The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, but grew up in Brooklyn. In social terms he came from the Jewish lower middle class. After obtaining a degree in engineering at the University of Harvard, he participated during the final phase of the Second World War in the battles in the Pacific Ocean, among other...