Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise
Paul Monette
ISBN 10: 0156002027 / ISBN 13: 9780156002028
Published by Mariner Books, 1995
Bibliographic Details
Title: Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal...
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: GOOD
About this title
Synopsis:
With Borrowed Time and Becoming a Man-the 1992 National Book Award winner for nonfiction-this collection completes Paul Monette’s
autobiographical writing. Brimming with outrage yet tender, this is a “remarkable book” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
About the Author:
Paul Monette (October 16, 1945 – February 10, 1995) was an American author, poet, and activist best remembered for his essays about gay relationships.
Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and went on to graduate from Phillips Academy in 1963 and Yale University in 1967. Conflicted about
his sexual identity, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he taught writing and literature at Milton Academy for a number of years before moving to
West Hollywood, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles which has a large population of gay men, in 1978 with his romantic partner, lawyer Roger Horwitz.
Monette's most acclaimed book, Borrowed Time, chronicles Horwitz's fight against and eventual death from AIDS. His 1992 memoir, Becoming a Man:
Half a Life Story, tells of his life in the closet before coming out, culminating with his meeting Horwitz in 1974.Becoming a Man won the 1992 National
Book Award in the nonfiction category.Monette also wrote the novelizations of the 1988 film Midnight Run, the 1979 film Nosferatu the Vampyre, the
1987 film Predator and 1983 film Scarface. Monette died in Los Angeles, California, where he lived with his partner of five years, Winston Wilde.
Monette was survived by his lover, Winston Wilde; his father, Paul Monette Sr., and his brother, Robert Monette who remains the appointed Trustee of
the Monette Horwitz Trust. The Monette-Horwitz Trust provides annual awards to individuals of diverse cultural backgrounds, genders, and sexual
orientations who are, through their work, making significant contributions to eradicating homophobia. The Trust acknowledges the accomplishments of
organizations and persons working in arenas ranging from academic research and creative expression to activism and community organizing.
