Larry McMurtry

Larry Jeff McMurtry 19362021 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 Prizewinning novel Lonesome Dove a historical saga that follows exTexas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana and for cowriting 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 McMurtrys works earned 34 Oscar nominations 13 wins