戈爾·維達爾

尤金·盧瑟·戈爾·維達爾（英語：Eugene Luther Gore Vidal，1925年10月3日—2012年7月31日），美國小說家，劇作家，和散文家。出身於顯赫的政治家庭，戈爾是美國政治的犀利評論者。他於1948年寫的小說《城市與樑柱》（The City and the Pillar），作為美國第一部明確反映同性戀的主要小說引起社會爭議。

戈爾·維達爾 Gore Vidal
出生	尤金·盧瑟·戈爾·維達爾 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (1925-10-03)1925年10月3日 美國紐約州西點
逝世	2012年7月31日(2012歲—07—31)（86歲） 美國加利福尼亞州洛杉磯
職業	小說家、評論家、劇作家
國籍	美國
體裁	戲劇、散文
文學運動	後現代
受影響於	Petronius、Apuleius、托馬斯·曼恩、亨利·詹姆士、馬克·吐溫
施影響於	威廉·甘迺迪

2012年7月31日，其外甥向新聞媒體說戈爾·維達爾於當天在家中因肺炎併發症去世，享壽86歲^[1]。

著作

文章與非小說

• Rocking the Boat (1963)
• Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship (1969)
• Sex, Death and Money (1969) (paperback compilation)
• Homage to Daniel Shays (1972)
• Matters of Fact and of Fiction (1977)
• Views from a Window Co-Editor (1981)
• The Second American Revolution (1982)
• Armageddon? (1987) (UK only)
• At Home (1988)
• A View From The Diner's Club (1991) (UK only)
• Screening History (1992) ISBN 0-233-98803-3
• Decline and Fall of the American Empire (1992) ISBN 1-878825-00-3
• United States: essays 1952–1992 (1993) ISBN 0-7679-0806-6
• Palimpsest: a memoir (1995) ISBN 0-679-44038-0
• Virgin Islands (1997) (UK only)
• The American Presidency (1998) ISBN 1-878825-15-1
• Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings (1999)
• The Last Empire: essays 1992–2000 (2001) ISBN 0-375-72639-X (there is also a much shorter UK edition)
• Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace or How We Came To Be So Hated, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-405-X
• Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, Thunder's Mouth Press, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-502-1
• Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (2003) ISBN 0-300-10171-6
• Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia (2004) ISBN 1-56025-744-X
• Point to Point Navigation : A Memoir (2006) ISBN 0-385-51721-1
• The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal (2008) ISBN 0-385-52484-6
• Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare (2009) ISBN 0-810-95049-9

舞台劇

• Visit to a Small Planet (1957) ISBN 0-8222-1211-0
• The Best Man (1960)
• On the March to the Sea (1960–1961, 2004)
• Romulus (adapted from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1950 play Romulus der Große) (1962)
• Weekend (1968)
• Drawing Room Comedy (1970)
• An Evening with Richard Nixon (1970) ISBN 0-394-71869-0
• On the March to the Sea (2005)

小說

• Williwaw (1946) ISBN 0-226-85585-6
• In a Yellow Wood (1947)
• 《城市與樑柱（英語：The City and the Pillar）》（1948） ISBN 1-4000-3037-4
• The Season of Comfort (1949) ISBN 0-233-98971-4
• A Search for the King (1950) ISBN 0-345-25455-4
• Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) ISBN 0-233-98913-7 (prophecy of the Guatemala coup d'état of 1954, see "In the Lair of the Octopus" Dreaming War)
• The Judgment of Paris (1952) ISBN 0-345-33458-2
• Messiah (1954) ISBN 0-14-118039-0
• A Thirsty Evil (1956) (short stories)
• Julian (1964) ISBN 0-375-72706-X
• Washington, D.C. (1967) ISBN 0-316-90257-8
• Myra Breckinridge (1968) ISBN 1125979488
• Two Sisters (1970) ISBN 0-434-82958-7
• Burr (1973) ISBN 0-375-70873-1
• Myron (1974) ISBN 0-586-04300-4
• 1876 (1976) ISBN 0-375-70872-3
• Kalki (1978) ISBN 0-14-118037-4
• Creation (1981) ISBN 0-349-10475-1
• Duluth (1983) ISBN 0-394-52738-0
• Lincoln (1984) ISBN 0-375-70876-6
• Empire (1987) ISBN 0-375-70874-X
• Hollywood (1990) ISBN 0-375-70875-8
• Live from Golgotha: the Gospel according to Gore Vidal (1992) ISBN 0-14-023119-6
• The Smithsonian Institution (1998) ISBN 0-375-50121-5
• The Golden Age (2000) ISBN 0-375-72481-8
• Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories (2006) (short stories, this is the same collection as A Thirsty Evil (1956), with one previously unpublished short story – Clouds and Eclipses – added)

影視劇本

• Climax!: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1954) (TV adaptation)
• The Catered Affair (1956)
• I Accuse! (1958)
• The Scapegoat (1959)
• 《賓虛》 (Ben Hur，1959) (uncredited)
• 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) (uncredited)
• Billy the Kid (1989)
• Dimenticare Palermo (1989)

以筆名寫

• A Star's Progress (aka Cry Shame!) (1950) as Katherine Everard
• Thieves Fall Out (1953) as Cameron Kay
• Death Before Bedtime (1953) as Edgar Box
• Death in the Fifth Position (1952) as Edgar Box
• Death Likes It Hot (1954) as Edgar Box

影視客串及嘉賓

• Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1983 documentary film)
• Bob Roberts – as Senator Brickley Paiste (1992 film)
• With Honors – Plays the pessimistic and right-wing Prof. Pitkannan (1994 film)
• Gattaca – Plays Director Josef in science-fiction film (1997)
• The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) Documentary by Deborah Dickson, aired in the US on PBS
• Thinking XXX (2004 documentary)
• Da Ali G Show (2004 TV)
• Why We Fight (2005 film)
• 《深入深喉（英語：Inside Deep Throat）》（2005）
• One Bright Shining Moment (2005 film)
• Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005 spoof trailer)
• Foreign Correspondent – with former NSW premier Bob Carr
• The U.S. Versus John Lennon (2006 film)
• Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra concert, August 2, 2007 – Narrated Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait (conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas) from a wheelchair.
• The Henry Rollins Show (2007 TV)
• 《阿森一族》 episode: "Moe'N'a Lisa"
• 《蓋酷家庭》 episode: "Mother Tucker"
• Alex Jones radio show (2006)
• Terrorstorm: Final Cut Special Edition (2007)
• Lateline – ABC Television Australia Interview (May 2, 2008)
• Democracy Now – interview: on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia" （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） (May 14, 2008)
• The South Bank Show (May 18, 2008)
• Hardtalk – BBC News (May 22, 2008)
• The Andrew Marr Show (May 25, 2008)
• The US is not a republic anymore (June, 2008)
• Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (June, 2008)
• Interview （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） on the BBC's US Presidential Election Coverage with David Dimbleby (04/11/08)
• "Writer Against the Grain": Gore Vidal in conversation with Jay Parini at the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar (audio, 59:09)
• 《與標馬艾的實時》 (April 10, 2009)
• Shrink (2009 film)

參考資料

1. Elaine Woo. Writer Gore Vidal, 86, has died. Los Angeles Times. July 31, 2012 [2012-08-01]. （原始內容存檔於2012-08-01）.

外部連結

• The Gore Vidal Index （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, by Harry Kloman
• 戈爾·維達爾在互聯網電影資料庫（IMDb）上的資料（英文）
• 互聯網百老匯資料庫（IBDB）上戈爾·維達爾的資料（英文）
• 互聯網外百老匯數據庫（IOBDB）上戈爾·維達爾的資料（英文）
• 《紐約書評》上戈爾·維達爾的介紹 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Audio recording: Gore Vidal at the Key West Literary Seminar, 2009: "Writer Against the Grain"