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| Author | Norman Mailer |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | New American Library |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel/The Novel as History is a nonfiction novel recounting the October 1967 March on the Pentagon written by Norman Mailer and published by New American Library in 1968. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[1] and the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters.[2] Mailer's unique rendition of the nonfiction novel was perhaps his most successful example of new journalism, and received the most critical attention. The book originated as an essay published in Harper's Magazine titled "The Steps of the Pentagon," at the time the longest magazine article ever published, surpassing John Hersey's "Hiroshima" in The New Yorker.[3]
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1969". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ Morris, Willie (1993). New York Days. New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 219. ISBN 0-316-58421-5.