Sontag Ribbed Merino Roll-Neck

Susan Sontag, 1933-2004

The American writer and filmmaker Susan Sontag has been described as one of the most influential critics of her generation. It was through her essays that Sontag gained early fame and notoriety. Sontag became politically active in the 1960s when she among other things signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest"" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.