Larry McMurtry
Sign in to saveAmerican novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936-06-03
- Died
- 2021-03-25
- Works
- 151
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The Last Picture Show
- Anything for Billy
- The Last Kind Words Saloon
- Lonesome Dove
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Film & TV
Writing · Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for…
Known for
- Texas: America Supersized — Self2004
- The Last Picture Show: A Look Back — Self1999
- Picture This — Self1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 174
- Total plays
- 2,462
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint
· 1988 · cited 16,563x
- New Guidelines to Evaluate the Response to Treatment in Solid Tumors
· 2000 · cited 13,388x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,718x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
- Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
· 2009 · cited 9,371x
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 June 1936
- Died
- 25 March 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Archer City
- Place of death
- Archer City
- Child
- James McMurtry
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Rice University
- Employer
- Texas Christian University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Connections
Categories
1936 births2021 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American non-fiction writers20th-century American novelists21st-century American male writers21st-century American non-fiction writers21st-century American novelistsAmerican bibliophilesAmerican book and manuscript collectorsAmerican chick lit writersAmerican male non-fiction writers