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Larry McMurtry
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American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
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Larry McMurtry was an American screenwriter, historian, novelist, and essayist. Born in Archer City in 1936, he began his work period in 1961. He was educated at the University of North Texas and Rice University. McMurtry was employed by Texas Christian University and was a member of the Writers Guild of America West. He resided in Wichita Falls, Texas, and Archer City.
His notable works include *The Last Picture Show*, *Anything for Billy*, *The Last Kind Words Saloon*, and *Lonesome Dove*. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He was also nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.
McMurtry died of heart failure in Archer City in 2021. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center. He was the father of James McMurtry.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936-06-03
- Died
- 2021-03-25
- Works
- 151
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The Last Picture Show
- Anything for Billy
- The Last Kind Words Saloon
- Lonesome Dove
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Film & TV
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for…
Known for
- Texas: America Supersized — Self2004
- The Last Picture Show: A Look Back — Self1999
- Picture This — Self1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Archer City
- Place of death
- Archer City
- Child
- James McMurtry
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Rice University
- Employer
- Texas Christian University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Image
- Larry McMurtry Photo Last Picture Show 1966.png
- Residence
- Archer City
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- date of birth
- 1936-06-03
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- date of death
- 2021-03-25
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Larry McMurtry
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- name in native language
- Larry McMurtry
- birth name
- Larry Jeff McMurtry
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