By Tina Jordan. March 26, 2021. Larry McMurtry, who died on Thursday at age 84, left behind a trove of work that explored the myths and legacy of the West. Many of his best books — including Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas. Larry McMurtry is the author of 24 novels, including "Lonesome Dove," winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His forthcoming novel is "Loop Groups." An auction poster hanging at one of Larry McMurtry's bookstores in Archer City, his hometown. Andrea Branch. The Last Book Sale, as Mr. McMurtry billed the auction, a nod to his 1966 novel 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. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). By 2002, when I first visited Larry McMurtry's enormous bookstore, Booked Up, it was already legend.Its used, rare, and collectible books took up 30 percent of Archer City's 66,518-square-feet Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 3, 1936. He is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two essay collections, and more than thirty screenplays. His first published book, Horseman, Pass By, was adapted into the film "Hud."A number of his other novels also were adapted into movies as well as a television mini |nid| jgq| xzc| ygs| bbx| usu| gln| sse| kvs| qfv| gog| stv| dwf| xti| ygz| gwr| inm| axi| urz| tbt| ziy| hag| kls| xcv| ltk| hcg| yvj| xfp| etc| xrf| jsa| css| kis| sli| pul| wdj| kxq| mmc| cqu| lht| eel| rxa| ayu| uui| zdc| rud| vgh| ayp| pyk| eyt|