Death of the writer Edmund White, the farewell symphony – Liberation

Before the words, these are the images that come back. Black and white photos that with hindsight we may find a little kitch, Abercrombie & Fitch way, but do not deem our first emotions too severely. A back man in the shower, the swollen biceps: it was Tenderness under the skin. Two boys on a pontoon, open shirts, looking far and probably wishing to be at low noise: it was A young American. And above all, yes, this beautiful face lowered exuding the closed eyes a few scrolls of smoke, this face which we believed when it was probably that of the author (it was not, but we would learn it later), with this title which passed for the very beauty: The symphony of farewells. The 10-18 covers of Edmund White’s novels align in our memory and do not forget, for many, the secret doors they opened the cashhood test, when the models lacked, when buying a book was already a first step.

The American writer Edmund White – novelist, playwright, essayist, literary critic – died on Tuesday in New York confirmed to the Guardian His agent Bill Clegg. He was 85 years old, but had remained particularly young, semillant, Canaille. A few months ago, in December, more cult than ever, he still answered questions « sexy » magazine Interview, posed by 18 gay personalities among which