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John-Manuel Andriote

John-Manuel Andriote (born in New London, Connecticut[1], October 6, 1958; son of Anna Farnan Andriote and the late Manuel John Andriote, brother of Pamela and Susan) since 1983 has written about culture, politics, health and medicine for the Washington Post[2] and other newspapers and magazines. He has specialized in reporting on HIV-AIDS, publishing his earliest articles on the epidemic in 1986.

His book VICTORY DEFERRED: HOW AIDS CHANGED GAY LIFE IN AMERICA[3], published by the University of Chicago Press[4] in 1999, won the 2000 Lambda Literary Awards[5] “Editors’ Choice” award. The American Library Association[6] named it an “honored book.”

Kirkus Reviews[7] called VICTORY DEFERRED, “The most important AIDS chronicle since Randy Shilts’ AND THE BAND PLAYED ON[[8]].” The Washington Post said, “Andriote has interviewed every major player during his nearly two decades of reporting on [AIDS] as a journalist and it shows.” The Washington Blade[9] said, “Andriote has honored his mentors, his muses and his community by preserving an important chapter in gay cultural history.”

In 2008, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History[10] Archive Center[11] created “The John-Manuel Andriote Victory Deferred Collection”[12] of the research materials, correspondence and recorded interviews Andriote used to develop VICTORY DEFERRED.

Andriote also authored HOT STUFF: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISCO[13], published by HarperCollins in 2001; a 1997 privately published history of Washington, DC's Metropolitan Club[14]; and co-authored THE ART OF FINE CIGARS[15] (Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1996).

He has also contributed chapters and essays to THE AIDS PANDEMIC: IMPACT ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY[16] (Kenneth H. Mayer, MD, H.F. Pizer, editors, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005); CREATING CHANGE: SEXUALITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND CIVIL RIGHTS[17] (John D’Emilio[[18]], William Thompson, Urvashi Vaid[[19]], editors, St. Martin’s Press, 2000); OUT IN THE WORKPLACE[20] (Richard Rasi and Lourdes Rodriguez-Noches, editors, Alyson, 1995); and YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT AIDS[21] (Alyson, 1988).

Andriote holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism[22], a bachelor's degree in English from Gordon College[23], and is a 1976 graduate of the Norwich Free Academy[24].

In 2007, Andriote returned to his hometown of Norwich, CT, after 22 years in Washington, DC. He continues to write and speak about HIV-AIDS, and is working on a revised paperback edition of VICTORY DEFERRED for publication in 2011, the 30th anniversary of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in the United States.

Andriote's Website is at [www.jmandriote.com].