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  1. WEBApr 9, 2024 · Susan Sontag (born January 16, 1933, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 2004, New York) was an American intellectual …

  2. How Susan Sontag Taught Me to Think - The New York Times

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    Sontag’s signature is ambivalence. “Against Interpretation” (the essay), which declares that “to interpret is to impoverish, to deplete the world — in order to set up a shadow world of ‘meanings,’ ” is clearly the work of a relentlessly analytical, meaning-driven intelligence.
    Susan Sontag (born January 16, 1933, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 2004, New York) was an American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture. Susan Sontag, c. 1990. Sontag (who adopted her stepfather’s name) was reared in Tucson, Arizona, and in Los Angeles.
    Sontag’s essays are characterized by a serious philosophical approach to various aspects and personalities of modern culture. She first came to national attention in 1964 with an essay entitled “ Notes on ‘Camp,’ ” in which she discussed the attributes of taste within the gay community.
    The critic A.O. Scott reflects on the outsize influence Sontag has had on his life as a critic. I spent my adolescence in a terrible hurry to read all the books, see all the movies, listen to all the music, look at everything in all the museums.
  4. WEBSusan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from the College of the University of Chicago and did graduate …