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Gay Talese

1932 - Today

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Gaetano "Gay" Talese (; born February 7, 1932) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gay Talese is the 6,339th most popular writer (down from 5,895th in 2024), the 11,677th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,340th in 2019) and the 846th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gay Talese ranks 6,339 out of 7,302. Before him are Marit Paulsen, Albert Maltz, China Miéville, Lascelles Abercrombie, Richard Wilbur, and Leïla Slimani. After him are Khushwant Singh, Alastair Reynolds, Malcolm Gladwell, Tsai Chih-chung, Ellen Glasgow, and George Alec Effinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gay Talese ranks 528. Before him are Gennadiy Shatkov, Angela Mortimer, Nigel Lawson, Mae Faggs, Robert L. Forward, and Robert Reed. After him are Lamar Hunt, Malcolm Bradbury, Andrew Young, Susan Oliver, Enrique Múgica, and Howard Hodgkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 11,679 out of 20,380. Before him are Maxi Mounds (1964), DJ Qualls (1978), Kevin Chapman (1962), Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), and Joseph Mascolo (1929). After him are Victor Salva (1958), Kay Lenz (1953), Scott Asheton (1949), Adrian Smith (1936), Sterling K. Brown (1976), and Ann Robinson (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 846. Before him are John Clellon Holmes (1926), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Albert Maltz (1908), and Richard Wilbur (1921). After him are Ellen Glasgow (1873), George Alec Effinger (1947), Alvah Bessie (1904), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Gregory S. Paul (1954), and Thomas Beatie (1974).

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