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Who Was Edmund White? 5 Things to Know About the Late Novelist

The renowned author was celebrated for his groundbreaking work in gay literature. Learn all about Edmund here.

Among his most well-known were Forgetting Elena, A Boy’s Own Story, The Joy go Gay Sex, States of Desire,The Humble Lover and The Loves of My Life, the latter of which was published just months before Edmund’s death. When the writer died in 2025, Michael called his late husband “wise enough to be kind nearly always” in a public statement, obtained by The Guardian. “I kind of pulled the covers over my head and thought: ‘Oh gee, I’ll be dead in a year or two,'” Edmund told the outlet.

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