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Charles McColl Portis (December 28, 1933 – February 17, 2020) was an American author best known for his novels Norwood (1966) and the classic Western True Grit (1968). Both Norwood and True Grit were adapted as films, released in 1970 and 1969, respectively.
Feb 17, 2020 · Charles Portis, the publicity-shy author of “True Grit” and a short list of other novels that drew a cult following and accolades as the work of possibly the nation’s best unknown writer,...
Feb 20, 2020 · Wells Tower considers the life and work of the novelist Charles Portis, the author of “True Grit,” who died on February 17, 2020, at the age of eighty-six.
Feb 18, 2020 · Charles McColl Portis, an Arkansas native best known for his depiction of a one-eyed U.S. marshal named Rooster Cogburn in the 1968 novel True Grit, died Monday at a Little Rock hospice.
- Jeannie Roberts
Feb 17, 2020 · Charles Portis was among the most admired authors to nearly vanish from public consciousness in his own lifetime.
Feb 17, 2020 · NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Charles Portis, a favorite among critics and writers for such shaggy dog stories as “Norwood” and “Gringos” and a bounty for Hollywood whose droll, bloody Western “True Grit” was a best-seller twice adapted into Oscar nominated films, died Monday at age 86.
Feb 19, 2020 · Charles Portis, a reporter turned novelist known for his deadpan humor and plain-spoken style, most notably in the Western classic “True Grit” — a blood-soaked coming-of-age tale that was...
