No writer typified the American twentieth century like the mythologised and misunderstood, celebrated and lambasted Susan Sontag (1933-2004).
Benjamin Moser is the award-winning author of the official biography of Susan Sontag. He tells the story of this intellectual, studying the work that gave rise to her reputation.
When: Tuesday 6 October, 20.00
Where: Livestream via SG website
Free admission.
Susan Sontag dealt with so many different worlds. She wrote novels, diaries and essays about art and camp, porno and politics, feminism and homosexuality, fame and style, and fascism and communism. And no serious writer had so many exceptional lovers.
Benjamin Moser had exclusive access to Sontag’s private archives and interviewed hundreds of people all over the world, many of whom had never before spoken about Sontag, including her last partner, Annie Liebovitz. This resulted in the biography: “Sontag: Her life and work”.
