Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)
Autore di Lonesome Dove
Sull'Autore
Larry McMurtry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other awards, is the author of twenty-four novels, two collections of essays, two memoirs, more than thirty screenplays, & an anthology of modern Western fiction. He lives in Archer City, Texas. (Publisher Provided) Novelist Larry mostra altro McMurtry was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He received a B.A. from North Texas State University in 1958, an M.A. from Rice University in 1960, and attended Stanford University. He married Josephine Ballard in 1959, divorced in 1966, and had one son, folksinger James McMurtry. Until the age of 22, McMurtry worked on his father's cattle ranch. When he was 25, he published his first novel, "Horseman, Pass By" (1961), which was turned into the Academy Award-winning movie Hud in 1962. "The Last Picture Show" (1966) was made into a screenplay with Peter Bogdanovich, and the 1971 movie was nominated for eight Oscars, including one for best screenplay adaptation. "Terms of Endearment" (1975) received little attention until the movie version won five Oscars, including Best Picture, in 1983. McMurtry's novel "Lonesome Dove" (1985) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 and the Spur Award and was followed by two popular TV miniseries. The other titles in the Lonesome Dove Series are "Streets of Laredo" (1993), "Dead Man's Walk" (1995), and "Comanche Moon" (1997). The other books in his Last Picture Show Trilogy are "Texasville" (1987) and "Duane's Depressed" (1999). McMurtry suffered a heart attack in 1991 and had quadruple-bypass surgery. Following that, he suffered from severe depression and it was during this time he wrote "Streets of Laredo," a dark sequel to "Lonesome Dove." His companion Diana Ossana, helping to pull him out of his depression, collaborated with him on "Pretty Boy Floyd" (1994) and "Zeke and Ned" (1997). He co-won the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Brokeback Mountain in 2006. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title's Custer and The Last Kind Words Saloon. McMurtry is considered one of the country's leading antiquarian book dealers. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Larry McMurtry
The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America (2005) 235 copie
Lonesome Dove #3 120 copie
Larry McMurtry: Three Complete Novels (Lonesome Dove, Leaving Cheyenne, The Last Picture Show) (1701) 64 copie
Brokeback Mountain: A Screenplay — Autore — 3 copie
Larry McMurty 7 volume hardcover set: Dead Man's Walk, The Late Child, Streets of Laredo, Some Can Whistle, Loop… (1992) 2 copie
Zeit der Zärtlichkeit 1 copia
Thalia 1 copia
Driving America's Great Highways 1 copia
LD#1 - Lonesome Dove 1 copia
Booked Up Permanent Want List 1 copia
The last picture show screenplay 1 copia
Lovesome Dove 1 copia
Opere correlate
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past and Each Other (2001) — Collaboratore — 133 copie
Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande: A Texas Anthology (2003) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 66 copie
A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography) (2007) — Prefazione — 41 copie
Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents (1991) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 33 copie
Lovin' Molly [1974 film] — Original book — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- McMurtry, Larry Jeff
- Data di nascita
- 1936-06-03
- Data di morte
- 2021-03-25
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Archer City, Texas, USA
- Causa della morte
- congestive heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Archer City, Texas, USA - Istruzione
- North Texas State University (BA|1958)
Rice University (MA|1960) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
bookstore owner
screenwriter - Relazioni
- McMurtry, James (son)
- Organizzazioni
- PEN American Center
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Pulitzer Prize (1985)
National Humanities Medal (2014)
American Antiquarian Society (2006)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2014)
Robert Kirsch Award (2002)
Texas Institute of Letters Jesse M. Jones Award (1962, 1967, 1986) (mostra tutto 10)
Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University (1961-62)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1987)
Golden Globe for Best Screenplay (2006)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2006) - Agente
- Ben Ringel
Utenti
Discussioni
Larry McMurtry in Legacy Libraries (Febbraio 2023)
MARCH GROUP READ - Lonesome Dove in Club Read 2019 (Mag 2019)
Larry McMurtry American Author Challenge in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Settembre 2015)
Recensioni
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Overdue Podcast (1)
Five star books (1)
USA Road Trip (1)
1970s (1)
Family Drama (1)
Simon & Schuster (1)
High Priority (1)
Favourite Books (3)
Best Westerns (3)
1960s (1)
Page Turners (1)
100 New Classics (1)
Movies wishlist (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 105
- Opere correlate
- 14
- Utenti
- 37,185
- Popolarità
- #492
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 780
- ISBN
- 922
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 131