Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag(bornSusan Rosenblatt,January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was anAmericanwriterandpolitical activist.Sontag wasborninNew York CitytoJewishparents.[1]She grew up inTucson, Arizonaand later inLos Angeles,California.
Early life[change|change source]
Sontag married writerPhilip Rieffwhen she was 17. Sontag taught freshman English at theUniversity of Connecticutfor the 1952–53 academic year.
Career[change|change source]
Sontag's first book,The Benefactor,was published in 1966. Her first filmDuett för kannibalerwas released in 1969. In 2000 she won the National Book Award.
Personal life[change|change source]
She wasopenlybisexual.[2]ShemarriedwriterPhilip Rieff(1922-2006) in 1950. Her only child is writerDavid Rieff(born 1952). The coupledivorcedin 1959. She was also partners with Cuban playwrightMaría Irene Fornés.
Death[change|change source]
She died ofleukemiainNew York City.She isburiedinMontparnasse CemeteryinParis,France.
References[change|change source]
- ↑"The fiery words of Susan Sontag".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-12-17.Retrieved2012-04-07.
- ↑Finding fact from fiction
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