Edmund Valentine White III (born January 13, 1940) is an American novelist, as well as a writer of memoirs and an essayist on literary and social topics. Much of his writing is on the theme of same-sex love. Probably his best-known books are The Joy of Gay Sex (1977) (written with Charles Silverstein) and his trio of autobiographic novels, A Boy's Own Story (1982), The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988) and The Farewell Symphony (1997).
Formerly lived in France for 16 years, now lives in New York and teaches creative writing at Princeton University. He is the author of 17 books, and a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
La femme défendue
1997
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Before Stonewall
1984
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
Documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Edmund White in Mantua
2014
Video documentary short
Himself
City Boys
2014/II
Documentary short
Himself
Books Du Jour
2014
TV Series
Himself
Book Case TV
2013
TV Series
Himself
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open
2012
Documentary
Himself
The Joy of Disco
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
La traversée du désir
2009
Documentary
Himself
Sex Positive
2008
Documentary
Himself
Edmund White: A Conversation in New York
2007
Documentary
Himself
Legendary Sin Cities
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Author, The Flaneur
XXI Century
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Writer
Campus, le magazine de l'écrit
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Charlie Rose
2000
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Jean Genet, le vagabond: Jean Genet, l'écrivain
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Un siècle d'écrivains
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Omnibus
1989
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Joy of Disco (2012) as Himself
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015) as Himself - Interviewee
Sex Positive (2008) as Himself
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open (2012) as Himself
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