Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Jackie, the Prisoner of Celebrity

Mailer's portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy for Esquire's 'Fifty Who Made a Difference' fiftieth-anniversary issue.

"Jackie, the Prisoner of Celebrity," Esquire, December 1983 (83.54)

“Jackie, the Prisoner of Celebrity,” Mailer’s portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy for Esquire’s “Golden Anniversary Collector’s Issue: 50 Who Made a Difference” (December 1983). The entire issue was republished, with a preface by Lee Eisenberg and a foreword by Phillip Moffitt, by Villard Books in 1984. Mailer had written about Jacqueline Kennedy two decades earlier (see 62.12).

First published: 1983-12
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 83.54
Cite as: /works/1983-12-jackie-prisoner-of-celebrity
Last updated: 2026-06-05