Charles Portis

Charles Mc Coll Portis ( born December 28, 1933 El Dorado, Arkansas) is an American author. He became famous for his novels Norwood ( 1966) and True Grit (1968 ), both of which - most recently True Grit in 2010 - were filmed.

Life

Charles Portis was born in 1933 in El Dorado, Arkansas. His parents were Samuel Palmer and Morgan Smith Portis. During the Korean War he joined the Navy and was promoted to sergeant. From 1955, he attended the University of Arkansas; He began his career there when he wrote for the student newspaper. After graduating, he wrote, now a diplomat, the " Our Town " column for the Arkansas Gazette, and later for the New York Herald Tribune. He then spent a year in London.

After he had given up journalism in 1964, he began his career as a writer with a few fictional short stories. His first novel, Norwood, was reprinted in sections in the biweekly newspaper Saturday Evening Post. He became a great success, so in 1970 a film adaptation of Jack Haley, Jr. was shot.

In 1968, his second novel True Grit as a continuation story in the Saturday Evening Post. The commercial success was even greater than that of Norwood; it is Portis ' most successful book. In 1969, the Western for the first time as The Marshal was filmed with John Wayne. Produced in 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen a new film starring Jeff Bridges. Portis still wrote three other books, but failed to match the success of the previous books.

Works

• Norwood, 1966
• True Grit, 1968
• The dog of the South, 1979
• Masters of Atlantis, 1985
• Gringos, 1991

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