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  1. A discussion with Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
    A discussion with Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

    with Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry on Sep 20, 1994

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Larry McMurtry is an American novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel “Lonesome Dove”, which was adapted into a hit television miniseries. Much of his other fiction is also set in the “old west” or contemporary Texas.

In 1964 McMurtry was awarded a Guggenheim grant. A book collector, he purchased a rare book store in Washington, D.C. and named it Booked Up. In 1988 he opened a second Booked Up in Archer City, establishing the town as an American “Book City.”

McMurtry is also well-known for his film adaptations including “Hud”, “The Last Picture Show”, and “Terms of Endearment”. In 2006, he was co-winner of both the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for “Brokeback Mountain”.

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