Charles Portis (1933–2020)
Autor(a) de True Grit
About the Author
Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born (1933) and educated. Portis served as a reporter for the New York Herald-Tribune and was also its London bureau chief. His first novel, Norwood, was published in 1966. His other novels are True Grit, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis, and mostrar mais Gringos. True Grit has been made into a movie two times, once in 1969 with John Wayne (who won his only academy award by playing the main character of Rooster Cogburn), and a second time in 2010 with Jeff Bridges as the main character. Mr. Bridges was nominated for the Rooster Cogburn role, but did not win. Charles Portis died on February 17, 2020 in Little Rock, Arkansas at age 86. He had been under hospice care for two years. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Charles Portis
Collected Works: Norwood / True Grit / The Dog of the South / Masters of Atlantis / Gringos / Stories & Other Writings (2023) 84 exemplares
The John Wayne Collection: Volume 1: True Grit / Rio Lobo / El Dorado — Writer — 3 exemplares
A Velha Raposa 1 exemplar
Stories & Other Writings 1 exemplar
Portis (Collected Works) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contribuidor — 244 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Portis, Charles McColl
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-09-28
- Data de falecimento
- 2020-02-17
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- Causa da morte
- Alzheimer's disease
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA - Educação
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (BA|1958)
- Ocupações
- journalist
author - Organizações
- United States Marine Corps (Korea)
Arkansas Gazette
New York Herald Tribune
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True Grit em Westerns (Dezembro 2016)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 6,653
- Popularidade
- #3,680
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 307
- ISBN
- 159
- Línguas
- 13
- Marcado como favorito
- 25