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Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. [1]
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West with his unromantic depictions of life on the 19th-century frontier and in...
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, a prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Oscar-winning screenwriter, has died at age 84. He was beloved for riveting and yet unsentimental depictions of the American West in...
May 30, 2024 · Larry McMurtry was an American writer noted for his novels set on the frontier, in contemporary small towns, and in increasingly urbanized and industrial areas of Texas. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the epic Lonesome Dove (1985) and an Academy Award for cowriting the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005).
Apr 2, 2021 · Best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, McMurtry wrote more than 30 books and screenplays, many set in the West. He died on March 25.
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, a prolific writer who wrote mostly about the American West and who won a Pulitzer Prize for the sweeping novel "Lonesome Dove," died Thursday, according to...
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, the author known for outspoken, brassy characters of the old West who also won a 2006 Oscar for 'Brokeback Mountain,' has died at 84.
