Edmund White

Born in Cincinnati , Ohio , he largely grew up in Chicago and later worked in New York as a journalist. From 1983 to 1990 he lived in France . His best-known work is perhaps ''A Boy's Own Story'', the first volume of an autobiographical-fiction trilogy that continued with ''The Beautiful Room Is Empty'' and ''The Farewell Symphony''. Most of his fictional work is set in a contemporary Gay milieu, although his later work draws on a broader range of themes. He has also been influential as a literary and cultural critic, particularly on gay issues, and has been open in his discussion of his HIV -positive status for two decades. He recently published an autobiography entitled ''My Lives'', at the age of sixty-five.

WORKS

Fiction

''Forgetting Elena'' (1973)

''Nocturnes for the King of Naples'' (1978)

'' A Boy's Own Story '' (1982)

''Caracole'' (1985)

''The Beautiful Room Is Empty'' (1988)

''The Farewell Symphony'' (1998)

''The Married Man'' (2000)

''Fanny: A Fiction'' (2003)

Nonfiction

''The Joy of Gay Sex'', with Charles Silverstein (1977)

''States of Desire'' (1980)

''The Burning Library: Writings on Art, Politics and Sexuality 1969-1993'' (1994)

''The Flâneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris'' (2000)

''Arts and Letters'' (2004)

Biography

'' Jean Genet '' (1993)

''Marcel Proust'' (1998)

Memoir

''Our Paris: Sketches from Memory'' (1995)

''My Lives'' (2006)

Anthologies

''The Darker Proof: Stories from a Crisis'' (1987)

''In Another Part Of The Forest: : An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction'' (1994)

''The Art of the Story'' (2000)

''A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play'' (2001)

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Edmund White