Mailer, Norman
(1923–2007) a US writer and journalist, known for dealing with social and political subjects and for criticizing US society. His books often contain a lot of sex and violence, and many of them are based on real events. They include The Naked and the Dead (1948) and An American Dream. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for The Armies of the Night, and in 1980 for The Executioner's Song.

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mail‧er /ˈmeɪlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
especially American English a container or envelope used for sending something small by post

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