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Robert Laxalt (September 25, 1923 – March 23, 2001) was a Basque-American writer from Nevada. Biography [ edit ] Robert Laxalt was born in 1923, a decade and a half after his father Dominique Laxalt and his mother Theresa Laxalt [3] had emigrated to the United States in 1906 to herd sheep. [4]
Mar 4, 2023 · Early life. Laxalt's father Dominique had come to America — through Ellis Island in New York — in 1906 at age 19, according to the book "Robert Laxalt, The Story of a Storyteller" by former ...
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Sep 26, 2013 · This is a biography about a man, Bob Laxalt, who richly deserves one. It will surely stand the test of time." Warren Lerude is a professor emeritus of the University of Nevada, Reno's Reynolds School of Journalism and a longtime Reno newspaper editor and publisher. In 1977, he led a team of journalists to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial ...
Aug 12, 2013 · August 12, 2013 - 9:47 am. Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. CARSON CITY — “Robert Laxalt stared at the blank piece of paper in the Royal typewriter. He wrote a sentence, pulled ...
Mar 12, 2023 · Warren Lerude talks about his longtime friend Robert Laxalt at a conference celebrating the centennial of Laxalt’s birth at the University of Nevada, Reno on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Tim Lenard/The Nevada Independent) In the state’s hallowed trinity of celebrated literary figures, Robert Laxalt’s mark on Nevada letters seems the most ...
Mar 24, 2001 · Robert P. Laxalt, an author and historian whose writings defined the Nevada spirit and Basque culture in America, died Friday at a Reno hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The brother of ...
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Oct 21, 2013 · Lerude joined an informal group at Grandma Hattie’s to discuss “Robert Laxalt: The Story of a Storyteller,” a recently released biography he researched and wrote over four years. The Lerude talk was rich in Carson City history, a rundown of Nevada’s top literary contributors and a tribute to the entire Laxalt family — particularly the ...
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