Gore Vidal - Washington, DC
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 38° 56.864 W 077° 00.602
18S E 325812 N 4312897
The grave of non-fiction author, novelist, playwright and screenwriter Gore Vidal is located in section E of Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.
Waymark Code: WM15JE3
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
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The grave of Gore Vidal, and his partner Howard R. Auster, is marked by a rectangular granite ledger stone. The ledger stone is inscribed:

GORE VIDAL

1925 - 2012

HOWARD R. AUSTER

1929 - 2003

Description:
Gore Vidal was born into an upper class family in West Point, NY on October 3, 1925. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire before enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the War he embarked on what was to become a prolific literary career. He published his first novel Williwaw in 1946. His most famous novel was Myra Breckinridge which was published in 1968. In additions to novels he wrote many works of non-fiction, plays and screenplays. In 2009, he won the annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.

Wikipedia lists the following works of fiction (novels, plays and screenplays) by Gore Vidal Link

Novels:

Williwaw (1946)
In a Yellow Wood (1947)
The City and the Pillar (1948)
The Season of Comfort (1949)
A Search for the King (1950)
Dark Green, Bright Red (1950)
A Star's Progress (aka Cry Shame!) (1950)
The Judgment of Paris (1952)
Death in the Fifth Position (1952)
Thieves Fall Out (1953)
Death Before Bedtime (1953)
Death Likes It Hot (1954)
Messiah (1954)
A Thirsty Evil (1956)
Julian (1964)
Washington, D.C. (1967)
Myra Breckinridge (1968)
Two Sisters (1970)
Burr (1973)
Myron (1974)
1876 (1976)
Kalki (1978)
Three by Box: The Complete Mysteries of Edgar Box (1978)
Creation (1981)
Duluth (1983)
Lincoln (1984)
Empire (1987)
Hollywood (1990)
Live From Golgotha The Smithsonian Institution (1998)
The Golden Age (2000)
Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories (2006)
The anthology A Thirsty Evil (1956)

Plays:

Visit to a Small Planet (1957)
The Best Man (1960)
On the March to the Sea (1960–61, 2004)
Romulus (1962)
Weekend (1968)
Drawing Room Comedy (1970)
An Evening with Richard Nixon (1970)
On the March to the Sea (2005)

Screenplays and teleplays:

A Farewell to Arms (1955)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1955)
The Best of Broadway (1955)
The Catered Affair (1956)
I Accuse! (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Ben Hur (1959)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
The Best Man (1964)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
Caligula (1979)
Dress Gray (1986)
The Sicilian (1987)
Billy the Kid (1989)
Dimenticare Palermo (1989)



Date of birth: 10/03/1925

Date of death: 07/31/2012

Area of notoriety: Literature

Marker Type: Horizontal Marker

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours

Fee required?: No

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