Sontag

American  

[son-tag] / ˈsɒn tæg /

noun

1. Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.

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Sontag British  

/ ˈsɒntæɡ /

noun

1. Susan. 1933–2004, US intellectual and essayist, noted esp for her writings on modern culture. Her works include `Notes on Camp' (1964), `Against Interpretation' (1968), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978), and the novel The Volcano Lover (1992)

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Sontag

“Real art,” Sontag wrote, “has the capacity to make us nervous.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

American critic Susan Sontag crowned Krasznahorkai the "master of the apocalypse" after having read his second book "The Melancholy of Resistance" in 1989, the Academy said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

Forwards Angela Dugalić and Lina Sontag missed time because of Olympic qualifying tournaments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

It's camp in the best sense — what Sontag must have had in mind when she described the state of being "bad to the point of enjoyable."

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024

The same evening John and Sontag went south with the widow and young hunter.

From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge

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