Terry Southern

Terry Southern ( born May 1, 1924 in Alvarado, Texas, † October 29, 1995 in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City ) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer.

Life

Terry Southern was an influential writer and screenwriter and part of the Parisian literary movement of the postwar era and the Beat Generation in Greenwich Village. He lived in London, the hub of the Swinging Sixties, and was a pioneer in the development of American film in the 1970s. During the 1980s he wrote for the comedy show Saturday Night Live and taught the scriptwriting at some universities in New York.

Southern's black humorous and often absurd style influenced and impressed generations of writers, readers, directors and moviegoers. The writer Tom Wolfe calls him a pioneer of the New Journalism. In this respect often Southerns publication Twirling at Ole Miss from 1962 is called. The American wrote among other things the screenplays for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid or Easy Rider. His work on Easy Rider helped to found in the 1970s, an independent movement towards Hollywood.

Terry Southern is found on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He stands in the second row.

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