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Gustav Hasford was an American novelist, journalist and poet, best known for his semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, which inspired the film Full Metal Jacket. He was a Vietnam War veteran and a library books thief who died in Greece in 1993.
A tribute to Gus Hasford, the author of The Short-Timers, a novel about the Vietnam War that inspired Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. The article recounts his life, his achievements, his troubles and his death in 1993.
The Short-Timers is a semi-autobiographical novel by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford, about his experience in the Vietnam War. It was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick and Michael Herr.
Jun 28, 1987 · Hasford posted us regular letters and made periodic calls and sent along generous packages of arcane books. But his struggles for recognition for his contributions to the “Full Metal Jacket ...
Mar 28, 1993 · Gus Hasford’s death at age 45 came as no surprise to those who knew him well. Mr. Hasford, long an emotionally troubled man, began suffering from diabetes two years ago. The official cause of ...
- Marc Leepson
Nov 28, 2023 · Gustav Hasford (1947-1993) was a novelist and screenwriter who wrote about the Vietnam war. He is best known for his novel The Short Timers, which inspired the film Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick.
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Jan 29, 1993 · Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford was the author of two major novels of the Vietnam war, The Short Timers and The Phantom Blooper, as well as a third book, A Gypsy Good Time. At the time of his death in 1993, he was perhaps best known for a screenwriting credit he shared ...
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