![]() ![]() Sontag was born Susan Rosenblatt in New York City, the daughter of Mildred (née Jacobson) and Jack Rosenblatt, both Jews of Lithuanian and Polish descent. Her essays and speeches drew controversy, and she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation". ![]() ![]() She wrote extensively about literature, photography and media, culture, AIDS and illness, war, human rights, and leftist ideology. Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. Her best-known works include the critical works Against Interpretation (1966), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others, as well as the fictional works The Way We Live Now (1986), The Volcano Lover (1992), and In America (1999). She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Susan Lee Sontag ( / ˈ s ɒ n t æ ɡ/ Janu– December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. ![]()
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