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John Gerassi
AuthorBooks · Second hand1931-2012
John Gerassi, also known as Tito Gerassi or mononymously Tito, was a French-American leftist professor, journalist, author, scholar, political activist, and revolutionary. Initially working as a journalist for Time magazine and later a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, he grew close to Che Guevara and Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution and analyzed the American policy against Latin America in his 1965 book The Great Fear in Latin America. In 1966, Tito would investigate the Boise homosexuality scandal in The Boys of Boise, exposing the persecution of homosexuals in the city that was carried out under the guise of a moral panic. Tito also used his close ties to figures to construct biographies, creating the only authorized biography of Sartre, Hated Conscience of His Century in 1989.
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About John Gerassi
Birth
1931
Death
2012
John Gerassi, also known as Tito Gerassi or mononymously Tito, was a French-American leftist professor, journalist, author, scholar, political activist, and revolutionary. Initially working as a journalist for Time magazine and later a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, he grew close to Che Guevara and Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution and analyzed the American policy against Latin America in his 1965 book The Great Fear in Latin America. In 1966, Tito would investigate the Boise homosexuality scandal in The Boys of Boise, exposing the persecution of homosexuals in the city that was carried out under the guise of a moral panic. Tito also used his close ties to figures to construct biographies, creating the only authorized biography of Sartre, Hated Conscience of His Century in 1989.
John Gerassi was born in Paris in 1931 and had a prolific career as a writer, journalist, and political scientist.
His body of work includes 17 books focusing on politics, economics, and social conditions.
He was a prominent political activist and university professor who dedicated much of his life to critical analysis.
Among his most recognized publications is the book North Vietnam: a documentary.
He maintained a close intellectual relationship with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whom he studied extensively.
