Susan Sontag was an American author, filmmaker, teacher, philosopher, and political activist. Sontag was an active writer during The Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo, in addition to frequently writing about photography, culture, AIDS and illness, and human rights. She is most remembered for her works On Photography, In America, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, The Volcano Lover, Regarding the Pain of Others, and Illness as a Metaphor. She died on December 28, 2004 at the age of 71.
