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At his 50th birthday party (celebrated on 5 February at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York), he announces, after too much drinking and a dirty joke, his idea for | At his 50th birthday party (celebrated on 5 February at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York), he announces, after too much drinking and a dirty joke, his idea for “The Fifth Estate,” a citizen watchdog group to keep tabs on public agencies and officials. It fizzles out in a few years, but {{NM}} is prescient: the Watergate break-in occurs in June. | ||
Preceded by excerpts in ''Ladies Home Journal'', ''Atlantic'' and ''New York Review of Books'', ''Marilyn: A Biography'' ([[73.30]]) is published on 1 August, and becomes a best seller with over 400,000 copies in print. It is the first of a string of biographies Mailer will publish over the next thirty years. | Preceded by excerpts in ''Ladies Home Journal'', ''Atlantic'' and ''New York Review of Books'', ''Marilyn: A Biography'' ([[73.30]]) is published on 1 August, and becomes a best seller with over 400,000 copies in print. It is the first of a string of biographies Mailer will publish over the next thirty years. | ||
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On 18 August, he is awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, after remarks by his good friend, George Plimpton. | On 18 August, he is awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, after remarks by his good friend, George Plimpton. | ||
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