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==== | ====“The Greatest Thing in the World.” ''Harvard Advocate'', April, 3–6, 24–28. Story. Original title: “The Suckers and the Setup.”==== | ||
Written for | Written for {{NM}}’s sophomore writing class, English | ||
sophomore writing class, English | 1-A, taught by Robert Gorham David, who encouraged him to | ||
1-A, taught by | submit it to ''Story'' magazine’s eighth annual college contest under the | ||
submit it to ''Story'' | |||
annual college contest under the | |||
name Norman K[ingsley]. Mailer. It | name Norman K[ingsley]. Mailer. It | ||
won the first prize of $100. Mailer | won the first prize of $100. Mailer | ||
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Norman T. Kingsley. | Norman T. Kingsley. | ||
Rpt: | Rpt: ''Story'' 19 | ||
(November–December), 17–26; ''Hold Your Breath: Suspense Stories'', edited | (November–December), 17–26; ''Hold Your Breath: Suspense Stories'', edited | ||
by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Dell | by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Dell | ||
(no. 260), 1947; Story: The Fiction of | (no. 260), 1947; ''Story: The Fiction of the Forties'', edited by Whit Burnett | ||
the Forties, edited by Whit Burnett | |||
and Hallie Burnett. New York: E.P. | and Hallie Burnett. New York: E.P. | ||
Dutton, 1949; [[59.13]] (preceded by an | Dutton, 1949; [[59.13]] (preceded by an introductory “advertisement”), [[67.11]], | ||
introductory | |||
[[82.19]]. See [[75.14]], [[77.2]], [[83.10]], [[89.10]], and | [[82.19]]. See [[75.14]], [[77.2]], [[83.10]], [[89.10]], and | ||
the editorial in ''Harvard Crimson'', | the editorial in ''Harvard Crimson'', | ||
21 April, 2, the first published | 21 April, 2, the first published | ||
critical (and favorable) comment | critical (and favorable) comment | ||
on | on Mailer’s work. See also [[13.2]]. | ||
Mailer: | Mailer: | ||
{{cquote|when I found out it had won — which was at the beginning of the summer after my sophomore year — well, that fortified me, and I sat down and wrote a novel. It was called ''No Percentage''. It was just terrible. But I never questioned any longer whether I was started as a writer ([[64.1]]).}} | {{cquote|when I found out it had won — which was at the beginning of the summer after my sophomore year — well, that fortified me, and I sat down and wrote a novel. It was called ''No Percentage''. It was just terrible. But I never questioned any longer whether I was started as a writer ([[64.1]]).}} | ||
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</ | |File:41-1.jpg|''Harvard Advocate'', April 1941. | ||
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Revision as of 16:31, 6 April 2019
“The Greatest Thing in the World.” Harvard Advocate, April, 3–6, 24–28. Story. Original title: “The Suckers and the Setup.”
Written for Mailer’s sophomore writing class, English 1-A, taught by Robert Gorham David, who encouraged him to submit it to Story magazine’s eighth annual college contest under the name Norman K[ingsley]. Mailer. It won the first prize of $100. Mailer ceased using his middle initial and name after college, although he employed it once for his 1971 movie, Maidstone: A Mystery (71.28), in which the director-hero is called Norman T. Kingsley.
Rpt: Story 19 (November–December), 17–26; Hold Your Breath: Suspense Stories, edited by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Dell (no. 260), 1947; Story: The Fiction of the Forties, edited by Whit Burnett and Hallie Burnett. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1949; 59.13 (preceded by an introductory “advertisement”), 67.11, 82.19. See 75.14, 77.2, 83.10, 89.10, and the editorial in Harvard Crimson, 21 April, 2, the first published critical (and favorable) comment on Mailer’s work. See also 13.2.
Mailer:
| “ | when I found out it had won — which was at the beginning of the summer after my sophomore year — well, that fortified me, and I sat down and wrote a novel. It was called No Percentage. It was just terrible. But I never questioned any longer whether I was started as a writer (64.1). | ” |
Harvard Advocate, April 1941.
Story, November–December 1941.
Hold Your Breath, 1941.
