Paul Monette
Paul Monette (born October 16, 1945 in Lawrence , Massachusetts , † February 10, 1995 in West Hollywood , California ) was an American author , poet and LGBT activist.
Life
Monette studied at Phillips Academy until 1963 and then at Yale University , where he graduated in 1967. After graduation, he taught English at Milton Academy in Boston and then moved to West Hollywood, California. There he met his partner, the lawyer Roger Horwitz. Monette wrote several books and poems. From the end of the 1980s, he focused on the topic of AIDS in particular . His Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir won the Lambda Literary Award in 1989 (in the AIDS and Gay men's nonfiction categories ) and Becoming a Man in 1993 . The film Paul Monette: On the Brink of Summer's End by Monte Bramer and Lesli Klainberg was made about the life of Monette . Monette died on February 10, 1995 of complications from AIDS .
Works (selection)
- 1975: The Carpenter at the Asylum (poetry), Boston: Little, Brown
- 1978: Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll , Boston: Little, Brown, ISBN 0316578215
- 1979: The Gold Diggers , Los Angeles, New York, Alyson Classics Library, 1979, ISBN 1555834582
- 1981: The Long Shot , New York: Avon Books, ISBN 0380768283
- 1982: Lightfall , Avon Books, ISBN 0-380-81075-1 (horror novel) (cover by Wayne Barlowe)
- 1983: Scarface , Heyne books, ISBN 3-453-01940-7 (novel)
- 1988: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir , San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0151135983
- German: borrowed time. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1990, ISBN 3-404-61183-7
- 1989: Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog (poetry), New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312014724
- 1990: Afterlife , New York: Crown Publishers, ISBN 0517573393
- 1991: Halfway Home , New York: Crown Publishers, ISBN 0517583291
- 1992: Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story , New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0151115192
- German: Coming out. The story of half a life. Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-8105-1243-5
- 1994: Last Watch of the Night (essay collection), San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0156002027
- 1995: West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems , 1973-93, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312136161
- 1997: Sanctuary, A Tale of Life in the Woods , New York: Scribner, ISBN 0684832860
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 1992: National Book Award for Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
- 1992: GLAAD Media Awards
Movie
- 2005: Virtual Love , directed by Richard Press
- The film, which won the Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award, is about Paul Monette's relationship with a 15-year-old boy.
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Monette in the catalog of the German National Library
- Paul Monette in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- MonetteHorwitz Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ New York Times: Paul Monette, 49, who wrote of AIDS dies
- ↑ Virtual Love, USA Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award Winners, accessed March 14, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monette, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, poet, and LGBT activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lawrence (Massachusetts) , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1995 |
| Place of death | West Hollywood , California |