Charles Portis, the Arkansas writer known for the classic Western novel 'True Grit', dies at the age of 86
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Charles Portis, the reclusive Arkansas writer known for the classic Western novel “True Grit” and the wry humor that filled his works, died on Monday at the age of 86 after battling a long illness, the New York Times reported.Portis’ death was confirmed by his brother Jonathan, who told the Times that the author had been in hospice care for two years and in a care facility for Alzheimer’s patients before that.
The film was twice made into a movie. The 1969 version starred John Wayne as Cogburn and earned him an Academy Award for best actor. Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed a new version in 2010 that was nominated for 10 Oscars. “I write in a little office without a phone, behind a beer joint called Cash McCoo’s,” he said. “For $85 a month, you can’t beat it.”
He eventually became the London bureau chief for the New York Herald Tribune, and wrote about the U.S. civil rights struggle in the South for the newspaper.
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