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Monette, Paul
Born: 1945 AD
Died: 1995 AD, at 49 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Biographers, Writers
Died: 1995 AD, at 49 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Biographers, Writers
1945 - Born on October 16th in Lawrence, Massachusetts. American author and poet whose work often explored homosexual relationships and the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic.
1960 - He met Roger Horwitz, who was to be his lover for over twenty years.
1967 - Graduated from from Yale University.
1988-1992 - He was best known for his autobiographies, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir and Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story.
- Monette wrote extensively about the years of their battles with AIDS (Borrowed Time) and how he himself coped with losing a lover to AIDS (Love Alone).
- Wrote two important novels about AIDS, Afterlife and Halfway Home.
1995 - Died on February 10th in Los Angeles, California.
1960 - He met Roger Horwitz, who was to be his lover for over twenty years.
1967 - Graduated from from Yale University.
1988-1992 - He was best known for his autobiographies, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir and Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story.
- Monette wrote extensively about the years of their battles with AIDS (Borrowed Time) and how he himself coped with losing a lover to AIDS (Love Alone).
- Wrote two important novels about AIDS, Afterlife and Halfway Home.
1995 - Died on February 10th in Los Angeles, California.
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