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Biography
Gaetano "Gay" Talese is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, he helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe, one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.
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Awards & recognition
- New Jersey Hall of Fame · 2023
- Sade Prize · 2017
- Harper Lee Award · 2013
- George Polk Award · 2008
Filmography9 titles
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018as Self
2018as Self
Radical Wolfe
2023as Self
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The Booksellers
2020as Self
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Post Truth Times
2018
2018
Sex: The Revolution
2008
2008
Page One
2011as Self
2011as Self
Voyeur
2017as Self
2017as Self
Shortcut to Happiness
2003as Self
2003as Self
Honor Thy Father
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1973Novel