Controversial Author

Controversial Author

Photograph

Marc Riboud

Maker
French, 1923–2016

Controversial Author

Those Fabulous Fiction Awards


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.1 × 23 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0260
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Formentor) 5/62 23) CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR, Henry Miller, applauds a \ speech by a fellow writer. Most famous work, "Tropic of Cancer" was banned in the U.S. until recently. \ Credit: Marc Riboud © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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