William Hjortsberg | |
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| Born | February 23, 1941 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | April 22, 2017 (aged 76) Livingston, Montana |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Genre | Mystery, screenwriting |
| Website | |
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williamhjortsberg | |
William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg [1] [2] (February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017 [3] [4]) was an American novelist and screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of the film Legend. [2] [5]
His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987). [6] The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber. [4] [7] [8]
Personal life
Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was married three times, and had a son and a daughter. [2] [3] He died of pancreatic cancer. [2]
Novels
- Alp (1969)
- Gray Matters (1971)
- Symbiography (1973)
- Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974)
- Falling Angel (1978)
- Tales & Fables (1985), published by Sylvester & Orphanos
- Nevermore (1994)
- Mañana (2015), a thriller set in Mexico. [9]
- Angel's Inferno (2020)
Screenplays
- Thunder and Lightning (1977)
- The Georgia Peaches (1980) (TV)
- Legend (1985)
Nonfiction
- Hjortsberg, William (2012). Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan. Counterpoint Press. ISBN 9781582437903. A biography of writer Richard Brautigan.
References
- ^ McGuane, Thomas (2007). Conversations with Thomas McGuane (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. xv. ISBN 9781578068876.
- ^ a b c d Vollers, Maryanne (28 April 2017). "A Writer to the Very End: Remembering the Great "Gatz"". Literary Hub. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "William Hjortsberg obituary". the Guardian. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "William Hjortsberg, writer behind Legend and Angel Heart, dies at 76". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "William Hjortsberg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (March 6, 1987). "Angel Heart (1987) FILM: MICKEY ROURKE STARS IN 'ANGEL HEART'". The New York Times.
- ^ Waddington, Chris (8 May 2015). "'Angel Heart' film reborn in New York as 'Falling Angel' opera: Will Satan win again?". NOLA.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "OPERA America Members Portal". apps.operaamerica.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Writes of Spring: Fresh Crime Yarns to Chase Away the Chill". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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- American horror writers
- American male novelists
- American mystery writers
- American science fiction writers
- American male screenwriters
- American people of Swedish descent
- Writers from New York City
- 20th-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in the United States
- Deaths from cancer in Montana
- American screenwriter stubs, 1940s birth stubs
William Hjortsberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1941 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | April 22, 2017 (aged 76) Livingston, Montana |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Genre | Mystery, screenwriting |
| Website | |
|
williamhjortsberg | |
William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg [1] [2] (February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017 [3] [4]) was an American novelist and screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of the film Legend. [2] [5]
His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987). [6] The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber. [4] [7] [8]
Personal life
Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was married three times, and had a son and a daughter. [2] [3] He died of pancreatic cancer. [2]
Novels
- Alp (1969)
- Gray Matters (1971)
- Symbiography (1973)
- Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974)
- Falling Angel (1978)
- Tales & Fables (1985), published by Sylvester & Orphanos
- Nevermore (1994)
- Mañana (2015), a thriller set in Mexico. [9]
- Angel's Inferno (2020)
Screenplays
- Thunder and Lightning (1977)
- The Georgia Peaches (1980) (TV)
- Legend (1985)
Nonfiction
- Hjortsberg, William (2012). Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan. Counterpoint Press. ISBN 9781582437903. A biography of writer Richard Brautigan.
References
- ^ McGuane, Thomas (2007). Conversations with Thomas McGuane (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. xv. ISBN 9781578068876.
- ^ a b c d Vollers, Maryanne (28 April 2017). "A Writer to the Very End: Remembering the Great "Gatz"". Literary Hub. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "William Hjortsberg obituary". the Guardian. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "William Hjortsberg, writer behind Legend and Angel Heart, dies at 76". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "William Hjortsberg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (March 6, 1987). "Angel Heart (1987) FILM: MICKEY ROURKE STARS IN 'ANGEL HEART'". The New York Times.
- ^ Waddington, Chris (8 May 2015). "'Angel Heart' film reborn in New York as 'Falling Angel' opera: Will Satan win again?". NOLA.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "OPERA America Members Portal". apps.operaamerica.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Writes of Spring: Fresh Crime Yarns to Chase Away the Chill". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |
|
| This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1941 births
- 2017 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- American horror writers
- American male novelists
- American mystery writers
- American science fiction writers
- American male screenwriters
- American people of Swedish descent
- Writers from New York City
- 20th-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in the United States
- Deaths from cancer in Montana
- American screenwriter stubs, 1940s birth stubs