Larry McMurtry

Writing

Born: 1936-06-03
Died: 2021-03-25
From: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

Biography

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 co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries, his novels Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975) were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).

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Awards & Nominations11 won ยท 9 nominated

๐Ÿ† Won

National Humanities Medal

2014
๐Ÿ† Won

Carl Sandburg Literary Award

2014
๐Ÿ† Won

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
๐Ÿ† Won

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
๐Ÿ† Won

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
๐Ÿ† Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
๐Ÿ† Won

Spur Award for Best Novel of the West

Comanche Moon

1998
๐Ÿ† Won

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
๐Ÿ† Won

Helmerich Award

1986
Nominated

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
๐Ÿ† Won

Spur Award for Best Western Novel

Lonesome Dove

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

The Last Picture Show

1972
๐Ÿ† Won

Guggenheim Fellowship