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Paul Landry Monette (October 16, 1945 – February 10, 1995) was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his essays about gay relationships.〔Wilde, Winston ''Legacies of Love'', The Haworth Press, ISBN , p174〕 ==Life and career== Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phillips Academy in 1963 and Yale University in 1967. Conflicted about his sexual orientation, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he taught writing and literature at Milton Academy. In 1978 he moved to West Hollywood with his romantic partner, lawyer Roger Horwitz. Monette's most acclaimed book, ''Borrowed Time'', chronicles Horwitz' 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 for Nonfiction.〔 ("National Book Awards – 1992" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-24. (With acceptance speech by Monette.)〕 Monette also wrote the novelizations of the films ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (1979), ''Scarface'' (1983), ''Predator'' (1987) and ''Midnight Run'' (1988), as well as the novels ''Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll'' (1978), ''Afterlife'' (1990), and ''Halfway Home'' (1991). Monette's final years, before his own AIDS-related death, are chronicled in the film ''Paul Monette: On the Brink of Summer's End'' by Monte Bramer and Lesli Klainberg. "By the end of his life, Monette had healed most of his psychic wounds, but his rage persisted." Monette died in Los Angeles, where he lived with his partner of five years, Winston Wilde. Monette was survived by his partner, Winston Wilde; his father, Paul Monette Sr., and his brother, Robert Monette, who remained the appointed Trustee of the Monette Horwitz Trust until his death in 2015 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Monette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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