Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)
Autor(a) de Lonesome Dove
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Larry McMurtry
The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America (2005) 233 exemplares
Larry McMurtry: Three Complete Novels (Lonesome Dove, Leaving Cheyenne, The Last Picture Show) (1701) 60 exemplares
Lonesome Dove #3 41 exemplares
Brokeback Mountain: A Screenplay — Autor — 3 exemplares
Larry McMurty 7 volume hardcover set: Dead Man's Walk, The Late Child, Streets of Laredo, Some Can Whistle, Loop… (1992) 2 exemplares
By Larry McMurtry - Dead Man's Walk 2 exemplares
Driving America's Great Highways 1 exemplar
All my friends are going to be strangers 1 exemplar
Booked Up Permanent Want List 1 exemplar
The last picture show screenplay 1 exemplar
It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo 1 exemplar
Booked Up Want List: Women Travellers 1 exemplar
VOGLIA DI TENEREZZA OMNIBUS MONDADORI 1984 1 exemplar
Rare ANYTHING FOR BILLY by Larry McMurtry 1st Edition/1st Printing 1988 Near Fine/NF (1988) 1 exemplar
LD#1 - Lonesome Dove 1 exemplar
Lovesome Dove 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other) (2001) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande: A Texas Anthology (2003) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 66 exemplares
A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography) (2007) — Prefácio — 40 exemplares
Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents (1991) — Introdução, algumas edições — 33 exemplares
Lovin' Molly [1974 film] — Original book — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- McMurtry, Larry Jeff
- Data de nascimento
- 1936-06-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2021-03-25
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Archer City, Texas, USA
- Causa da morte
- congestive heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Archer City, Texas, USA - Educação
- North Texas State University (BA|1958)
Rice University (MA|1960) - Ocupações
- novelist
bookstore owner
screenwriter - Relações
- McMurtry, James (son)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Robert Kirsch Award (2002)
Texas Institute of Letters Jesse M. Jones Award (1962)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1987) - Agente
- Ben Ringel
Membros
Discussions
Larry McMurtry em Legacy Libraries (Fevereiro 14)
MARCH GROUP READ - Lonesome Dove em Club Read 2019 (Maio 2019)
Larry McMurtry American Author Challenge em 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Setembro 2015)
Críticas
Books: A Memoir por Larry McMurtry
I love books about books.
Better than 5 ⭐️
My friend sent me this book for my 60th birthday citing it as one of her two favourite books (the other was To Kill A Mockingbird which she was sure I’d read. Correct!) My friend said she hoped I’d give it a go despite being a 950 page western.
People, this book was EPIC! I absolutely loved it. The characters were so vivid and the writing was beautiful. While I was reading I couldn’t wait to see what happened next and the fate of the central characters.
The book won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and really is a masterpiece. I can definitely see myself reading this again, in fact the minute I finished it I wanted to go back to the start because I was so invested in the story and characters.
I have to know what happened to these characters before and after this book although my friend warned me the other novels in the tetralogy pale in comparison. I’ve also lined up the mini series starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones to watch. My friend says it’s very faithful to the book.
It took me awhile to get through this but I absolutely LOVED it.
My one regret is that I’m not able to share this with my late father and his brother, my late uncle. They were western fans and I’m sure they would have loved it as much as me.
Without doubt one of the best books I have ever read.
Thank you Bonnie for sending me this book.… (mais)
My friend sent me this book for my 60th birthday citing it as one of her two favourite books (the other was To Kill A Mockingbird which she was sure I’d read. Correct!) My friend said she hoped I’d give it a go despite being a 950 page western.
People, this book was EPIC! I absolutely loved it. The characters were so vivid and the writing was beautiful. While I was reading I couldn’t wait to see what happened next and the fate of the central characters.
The book won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and really is a masterpiece. I can definitely see myself reading this again, in fact the minute I finished it I wanted to go back to the start because I was so invested in the story and characters.
I have to know what happened to these characters before and after this book although my friend warned me the other novels in the tetralogy pale in comparison. I’ve also lined up the mini series starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones to watch. My friend says it’s very faithful to the book.
It took me awhile to get through this but I absolutely LOVED it.
My one regret is that I’m not able to share this with my late father and his brother, my late uncle. They were western fans and I’m sure they would have loved it as much as me.
Without doubt one of the best books I have ever read.
Thank you Bonnie for sending me this book.… (mais)
Beautifully written. Highly recommended even for those who are not fans of the western genre.
Like for many others, this fell flat for me. I don't get what it's supposed to be. It's far removed from Lonesome Dove's heights and it's not even a Dead Man's Walk. A meditation on the western heroes and some attempt to contrast the legend with a less glamorous reality? Except he states the opposite from the outset.
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1960s (1)
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Movies wishlist (1)
USA Road Trip (1)
Simon & Schuster (1)
High Priority (1)
Best Westerns (3)
Favourite Books (3)
1970s (1)
Five star books (1)
Family Drama (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 101
- Also by
- 14
- Membros
- 36,262
- Popularidade
- #511
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 746
- ISBN
- 919
- Línguas
- 14
- Marcado como favorito
- 131
- Acerca
- 2
- Pedras de toque
- 1,159
