Link:
http://www.unt.edu/northtexan/archives/s02/mm.htmAlumni Category:
- Writing and Journalism
Alumni Decades:
- 1950s
Larry
McMurtry
Deceased:
1936-2021Graduation Year:
('58)Body:
Author; wrote Lonesome Dove, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and numerous other bestsellers including The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment; co-wrote the screen adaptation of Brokeback Mountain for which he shared the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>Lonesome Dove</em>, as well as <em>The Last Picture Show</em> and <em>Terms of Endearment,</em> and co-writer of the Oscar-winning screenplay for <em>Brokeback Mountain</em>.