戈爾·維達爾

尤金·盧瑟·戈爾·維達爾（Eugene Luther Gore Vidal，1925年10月3日－2012年7月31日），美國小說家，劇作家，和散文家。出身於顯赫的政治家庭，戈爾是美國政治的犀利評論者。他於1948年寫的小說《城市與梁柱》（The City and the Pillar），作為美國第一部明確反映同性戀的主要小說引起社會爭議。

2012年7月31日，其外甥向新聞媒體說戈爾·維達爾於當天在家中因肺炎併發症去世，享壽86歲。

## 著作

### 文章與非小說

- Rocking the Boat (1963)
- Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship (1969)
- Sex, Death and Money (1969) (paperback compilation)
- Homage to Daniel Shays (1972)
- Matters of Fact and of Fiction (1977)
- Views from a Window Co-Editor (1981)
- The Second American Revolution (1982)
- Armageddon? (1987) (UK only)
- At Home (1988)
- A View From The Diner's Club (1991) (UK only)
- Screening History (1992) ISBN 0-233-98803-3
- Decline and Fall of the American Empire (1992) ISBN 1-878825-00-3
- United States: essays 1952–1992 (1993) ISBN 0-7679-0806-6
- Palimpsest: a memoir (1995) ISBN 0-679-44038-0
- Virgin Islands (1997) (UK only)
- The American Presidency (1998) ISBN 1-878825-15-1
- Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings (1999)
- The Last Empire: essays 1992–2000 (2001) ISBN 0-375-72639-X (there is also a much shorter UK edition)
- Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace or How We Came To Be So Hated, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-405-X
- Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, Thunder's Mouth Press, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-502-1
- Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (2003) ISBN 0-300-10171-6
- Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia (2004) ISBN 1-56025-744-X
- Point to Point Navigation : A Memoir (2006) ISBN 0-385-51721-1
- The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal (2008) ISBN 0-385-52484-6
- Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare (2009) ISBN 0-810-95049-9

### 舞台劇

- Visit to a Small Planet (1957) ISBN 0-8222-1211-0
- The Best Man (1960)
- On the March to the Sea (1960–1961, 2004)
- Romulus (adapted from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1950 play Romulus der Große) (1962)
- Weekend (1968)
- Drawing Room Comedy (1970)
- An Evening with Richard Nixon (1970) ISBN 0-394-71869-0
- On the March to the Sea (2005)

### 小說

- Williwaw (1946) ISBN 0-226-85585-6
- In a Yellow Wood (1947)
- 《城市與梁柱》（1948） ISBN 1-4000-3037-4
- The Season of Comfort (1949) ISBN 0-233-98971-4
- A Search for the King (1950) ISBN 0-345-25455-4
- Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) ISBN 0-233-98913-7 (prophecy of the Guatemala coup d'état of 1954, see "In the Lair of the Octopus" Dreaming War)
- The Judgment of Paris (1952) ISBN 0-345-33458-2
- Messiah (1954) ISBN 0-14-118039-0
- A Thirsty Evil (1956) (short stories)
- Julian (1964) ISBN 0-375-72706-X
- Washington, D.C. (1967) ISBN 0-316-90257-8
- Myra Breckinridge (1968) ISBN 1125979488
- Two Sisters (1970) ISBN 0-434-82958-7
- Burr (1973) ISBN 0-375-70873-1
- Myron (1974) ISBN 0-586-04300-4
- 1876 (1976) ISBN 0-375-70872-3
- Kalki (1978) ISBN 0-14-118037-4
- Creation (1981) ISBN 0-349-10475-1
- Duluth (1983) ISBN 0-394-52738-0
- Lincoln (1984) ISBN 0-375-70876-6
- Empire (1987) ISBN 0-375-70874-X
- Hollywood (1990) ISBN 0-375-70875-8
- Live from Golgotha: the Gospel according to Gore Vidal (1992) ISBN 0-14-023119-6
- The Smithsonian Institution (1998) ISBN 0-375-50121-5
- The Golden Age (2000) ISBN 0-375-72481-8
- Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories (2006) (short stories, this is the same collection as A Thirsty Evil (1956), with one previously unpublished short story – Clouds and Eclipses – added)

### 影視劇本

- Climax!: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1954) (TV adaptation)
- The Catered Affair (1956)
- I Accuse! (1958)
- The Scapegoat (1959)
- 《賓虛》 (Ben Hur，1959) (uncredited)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- The Best Man (1964)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966)
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
- Caligula (1979)
- Dress Gray (1986)
- The Sicilian (1987) (uncredited)
- Billy the Kid (1989)
- Dimenticare Palermo (1989)

### 以筆名寫

- A Star's Progress (aka Cry Shame!) (1950) as Katherine Everard
- Thieves Fall Out (1953) as Cameron Kay
- Death Before Bedtime (1953) as Edgar Box
- Death in the Fifth Position (1952) as Edgar Box
- Death Likes It Hot (1954) as Edgar Box

### 影視客串及嘉賓

- Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1983 documentary film)
- Bob Roberts – as Senator Brickley Paiste (1992 film)
- With Honors – Plays the pessimistic and right-wing Prof. Pitkannan (1994 film)
- Gattaca – Plays Director Josef in science-fiction film (1997)
- The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) Documentary by Deborah Dickson, aired in the US on PBS
- Thinking XXX (2004 documentary)
- Da Ali G Show (2004 TV)
- Why We Fight (2005 film)
- 《深入深喉》（2005）
- One Bright Shining Moment (2005 film)
- Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005 spoof trailer)
- Foreign Correspondent – with former NSW premier Bob Carr
- The U.S. Versus John Lennon (2006 film)
- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra concert, August 2, 2007 – Narrated Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait (conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas) from a wheelchair.
- The Henry Rollins Show (2007 TV)
- 《阿森一族》 episode: "Moe'N'a Lisa"
- 《蓋酷家庭》 episode: "Mother Tucker"
- Alex Jones radio show (2006)
- Terrorstorm: Final Cut Special Edition (2007)
- Lateline – ABC Television Australia Interview (May 2, 2008)
- Democracy Now – interview: on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia" (May 14, 2008)
- The South Bank Show (May 18, 2008)
- Hardtalk – BBC News (May 22, 2008)
- The Andrew Marr Show (May 25, 2008)
- The US is not a republic anymore (June, 2008)
- Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (June, 2008)
- Interview on the BBC's US Presidential Election Coverage with David Dimbleby (04/11/08)
- "Writer Against the Grain": Gore Vidal in conversation with Jay Parini at the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar (audio, 59:09)
- 《與標馬艾的實時》 (April 10, 2009)
- Shrink (2009 film)

## 外部連結

- The Gore Vidal Index , by Harry Kloman
- 《紐約書評》上 戈爾·維達爾的介紹
- Audio recording: Gore Vidal at the Key West Literary Seminar, 2009: "Writer Against the Grain"

## 基本資料

- 日語原文：戈爾·維達爾、Gore Vidal
- 出生：尤金·盧瑟·戈爾·維達爾、Eugene Luther Gore Vidal
- 出生日期：1925年10月3日
- 出生地：美國紐約州西點
- 逝世日期：2012年7月31日
- 逝世地：美國加利福尼亞州洛杉磯
- 職業：小說家、評論家、劇作家
- 國籍：美國
- 類型：戲劇、散文
- 文學運動：後現代
- 受影響於：Petronius、Apuleius、托馬斯·曼恩、亨利·詹姆士、馬克·吐溫
- 施影響於：威廉·甘迺迪