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Norman Mailer was born on January 31, 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey.
* He attended Harvard University, where he studied aeronautical engineering.
* After graduating from Harvard, Mailer served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
* After the war, Mailer began writing fiction and journalism.
* His first novel, The Naked and the Dead, was published in 1948.
* Mailer won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for The Armies of the Night (1968) and one for The Executioner's Song (1979).
* He was also a controversial figure, known for his outspoken views on politics and culture.
* Mailer died on November 10, 2007 in New York City.
* He is considered one of the most important American writers of the 20th century.