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Susan Sontag

(1933 - 2004)

Susan Sontag was one of America's best-known and most admired writers. Her critical essays established her as one of the leading commentators on contemporary culture. She was the author of several work of fiction and also wrote and directed four feature films and stages plays in the US and Europe.

Awards: NBA (2000)

Novels

   The Benefactor (1963)
   Death Kit (1967)
   The Volcano Lover (1992)
   In America (1999)

Collections

   I, Etcetera (1978)
   A Susan Sontag Reader (1982)
   Debriefing (2017)
   Stories (2017)

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Books containing stories by Susan Sontag

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (2021)
edited by
John Freeman

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2008)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and John Updike

Writers on Writing (2001)
Collected Essays from The New York Times

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Awards

2000 National Book Award for Fiction : In America

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