McMurtry, Larry

McMurtry, Larry

▪ American author
in full  Larry Jeff McMurtry 
born June 3, 1936, Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
 
 prolific American writer noted for his novels set on the frontier, in contemporary small towns, and in increasingly urbanized and industrial areas of Texas.

      McMurtry was educated at North Texas State College (now University; B.A., 1958) and Rice University (M.A., 1960). He was an instructor at Texas Christian University (1961–62), a lecturer in English and creative writing at Rice University (1963–69), and visiting professor at George Mason College (1970) and American University (1970–71). In the 1970s McMurtry opened a shop specializing in rare books in Washington, D.C. He also opened a bookstore in his hometown of Archer City, Texas, and began the process of remaking the town into a “book town.” To this end, in 1999 he purchased the inventory of the last large independent bookseller in Fort Worth, Texas. This purchase added some 70,000 titles to McMurtry's store.

      McMurtry's first novel, Horseman, Pass By (1961; filmed as Hud, 1963), is set in the Texas ranching country. The isolation and claustrophobia of small-town life are examined in The Last Picture Show (1966; film 1971); McMurtry received an Academy Award for the screenplay. The novel was the first in a series that he continued with Texasville (1987), Duane's Depressed (1999), and When the Light Goes (2007). McMurtry's frontier epic, Lonesome Dove (1985; television miniseries 1989), won a Pulitzer Prize in 1986. A sequel, Streets of Laredo, appeared in 1993; Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997) are prequels. Urban Houstonites are featured in Moving On (1970), All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (1972), and Terms of Endearment (1975; film 1983).

      McMurtry's other novels include Leaving Cheyenne (1963; filmed as Lovin' Molly, 1974), Cadillac Jack (1982), The Desert Rose (1983), Buffalo Girls (1990; television miniseries 1995), The Evening Star (1992; film 1996), Zeke and Ned (1997), Sin Killer (2002), and Loop Group (2004). Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999) is a memoir. With Diana Ossana he won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), based on E. Annie Proulx (Proulx, E. Annie)'s short story of the same name.

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