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Charles Portis, author of the novel True Grit, does not enjoy the status of radical pynchoniana hidden. But part of the elusive group of writers global views who not mad success and prevent them public. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, global views Harper global views Lee, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo.
The myth Portis variant incorporates acolyte did before becoming a monk. For years he worked as a journalist. "That's an accurate picture," replies Mark Smirnoff, founder and editor of the Oxford American magazine to put to this narrator knows the voracity of the media.
"That may be the explanation. He liked the reporterismo because global views it was not in the spotlight, just watched "Smirnoff, one of the lucky ones who shared beers with Portis in Little Rock (Arkansas) added.
In the late 50's even left his city to settle in the Big Apple. He worked at The New York Herald Tribune, where he met Tom Wolfe. "Tom and Lewis Lapham were our best writers. Good writers are not always good reporters. They do. "
This is expressed in a chat with Roy Reed, a former colleague of the Gazette, the local newspaper that gave you the ticket to Manhattan. This conversation, in May 2001, has been reported in the "unofficial site" of the author.
As editor of the Herald interviewed Malcolm X. He was required by reason delete his name and preserve the African name Malcolm nothing. He replied global views that it imposed a slave name to her mother, global views while Malcolm chose her.
Another milestone was his encounter with Salinger, depending on the version of Professor William Vesterman, Rutgers University. He took advantage of traveling on the same plane to ask you a few questions global views to which he has become the father of the elusive writers. Salinger's death in February 2010 revealed that the author of The Catcher in the Rye was not a hermit who had renounced society. He just simply rejected media glory. However, Cornish (New Hampshire), was related to their neighbors, who knew his identity.
Charles Portis, 76, is moved by the same path. "Avoid the interviews Smirnoff-stresses, which does not mean not to talk to reporters, but rarely or never does anything to be published. He is shy, but very friendly. "
In April 2010 he agreed to collect the prize that was awarded the Oxford American magazine (see photo on this page) in recognition of his literary career. True Grit (True Grit) came out serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in 1968.
The writer Donna Tart argues that Mattie is a character comparable to Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Smirnoff shares that view. "Portis is as fun as Twain and similar in clear and plain style. Haymuchos times when I think True Grit is as huge as the adventures of Huck. "
The story was forgotten. Until, in the nineties, the publisher global views Peter Meyer, Overlook Press, read an article which stated that Portis was one of the greats of American literature. True Grit sold 45,000 copies between 2002 and 2009. Sales have soared since the release of the translation of the Coen.
In addition to this novel doubly-John Wayne film version starred Henry Hathaway 1969 - Portis published four other stories. They say that now carry fifteen years working on another story.
The fact is that, in April 2010, agreed to collect the prize. She came dressed but faded average dinner. He went home, without waiting to receive the award. He began to see basketball.
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