Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)
Autor von Lonesome Dove
Über den Autor
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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Larry McMurtry
The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America (2005) 236 Exemplare
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (2000) — Herausgeber — 138 Exemplare
Lonesome Dove #3 130 Exemplare
Larry McMurtry: Three Complete Novels (Lonesome Dove, Leaving Cheyenne, The Last Picture Show) (1701) 64 Exemplare
Brokeback Mountain: A Screenplay — Autor — 3 Exemplare
Lonesome Dove [2 Discs / Blu-ray] 2 Exemplare
By Larry McMurtry - Dead Man's Walk 2 Exemplare
Larry McMurty 7 volume hardcover set: Dead Man's Walk, The Late Child, Streets of Laredo, Some Can Whistle, Loop… (1992) 2 Exemplare
It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo 1 Exemplar
Booked Up Permanent Want List 1 Exemplar
Booked Up Want List: Women Travellers 1 Exemplar
Zeit der Zärtlichkeit 1 Exemplar
Thalia 1 Exemplar
The last picture show screenplay 1 Exemplar
Driving America's Great Highways 1 Exemplar
VOGLIA DI TENEREZZA OMNIBUS MONDADORI 1984 1 Exemplar
Lovesome Dove 1 Exemplar
LD#1 - Lonesome Dove 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Dona Barbara. Aus dem Spanischen übersetzt von Werner Peiser unter Mitarbeit von Waltrud Kappeler. Nachwort von… (1929) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 471 Exemplare
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past and Each Other (2001) — Mitwirkender — 134 Exemplare
Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande: A Texas Anthology (2003) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 68 Exemplare
A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography) (2007) — Vorwort — 41 Exemplare
Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents (1991) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 33 Exemplare
Lovin' Molly [1974 film] — Original book — 2 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- McMurtry, Larry Jeff
- Geburtstag
- 1936-06-03
- Todestag
- 2021-03-25
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
- Sterbeort
- Archer City, Texas, USA
- Todesursache
- congestive heart failure
- Wohnorte
- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Archer City, Texas, USA - Ausbildung
- North Texas State University (BA|1958)
Rice University (MA|1960) - Berufe
- novelist
bookstore owner
screenwriter - Beziehungen
- McMurtry, James (son)
- Organisationen
- PEN American Center
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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) (Zeige alle 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) - Agent
- Ben Ringel
Mitglieder
Diskussionen
Larry McMurtry in Legacy Libraries (Februar 2023)
MARCH GROUP READ - Lonesome Dove in Club Read 2019 (Mai 2019)
Larry McMurtry American Author Challenge in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (September 2015)
Rezensionen
This novel chronicles the disastrous adventures of an English noble family as they sail up the Missouri River in search of buffalo for the aristocratic Lord Albany Berrybender to shoot. As is apparently typical of McMurtry novels is the dark humour which this one is full of it.Examples: Lord Berrybender accidentally shoots toes off his own foot but blames his gun boy.. His ignorance of everything leads to many unnecessary deaths of his family members as well as his staff. The descriptions of the Lord and his staff hunting in a windy snow storm where the temperature drops below 60 degrees is vividly described to the point where I felt cold.
Once I started, I found it difficult to put down. Recommended.
McMurtry's dedication for this book is a thank you to the second hand book sellers of the Western world who have helped him acquire an education.… (mehr)
Once I started, I found it difficult to put down. Recommended.
McMurtry's dedication for this book is a thank you to the second hand book sellers of the Western world who have helped him acquire an education.… (mehr)
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He discusses his family heritage: the myth and reality of cowboys and cattle ranching on the mesquite-snarled prairies of his family grazing land which would have been better served by raising buffalo.
Next I've picked up his volume entitled Books as if I needed to add any titles to my burgeoning To Read list.… (mehr)