Famous Historians.

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40 celebrated historians who illuminated the past. Chroniclers and public intellectuals who shaped how we understand history.

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Norman Mailer

United States

Norman Mailer, author of The Naked and the Dead 1948, won two Pulitzer Prizes and pioneered New Journalism with works like The Armies of the Night 1969. He was also a filmmaker and celebrity who died in 2007 at age 84 from renal failure. He remains a towering figure in American letters.

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