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The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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April 16, 1960
(age 65)
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Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator.
Known for:
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (2006)
The Elusive Embrace (1999)
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