Gay Talese
American writer (born 1932) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaetano "Gay" Talese (/təˈliːz/; born February 7, 1932)[1] is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson, one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.[2][3][4][5][6]
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Born | Gaetano Talese (1932-02-07) February 7, 1932 (age 92) Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation | Journalist |
Alma mater | University of Alabama |
Genre | Literary journalism, New Journalism |
Years active | 1961–present |
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Children | 2 |
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