Larry McMurtry Achievements, Author Biography, Trivia, and Movies

Honors and Awards

Year	Award	Work
1986	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction	Lonesome Dove
2005	Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
2006	Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Brokeback Mountain
1985	Spur Award for Best Western Novel	Lonesome Dove
1998	Spur Award for Best Novel of the West	Comanche Moon
2006	Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
2005	BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted	Brokeback Mountain
2005	Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
1971	Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Last Picture Show
1986	Nominated - PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction	Lonesome Dove
1986	Nominated - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction	Lonesome Dove
2005	Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
2006	Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Brokeback Mountain
2005	Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
1972	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay	The Last Picture Show
1988	Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	The Murder of Mary Phagan
2006	Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	Brokeback Mountain
1972	Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama	The Last Picture Show
2005	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted	Brokeback Mountain

Title	Published	Genre
Lonesome Dove	1985	Fiction
Comanche Moon	1997	Western
Streets of Laredo	1993	Western
Dead Man's Walk	1995	Western
Horseman, Pass By	1961	Fiction
Sin Killer		Fiction
The Wandering Hill		Fiction
By Sorrow's River
Folly and Glory		Fiction
Sacagawea's Nickname
Cadillac Jack		Fiction
Crazy Horse	1999	Biography
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen		Biography
The Last Picture Show		Fiction
Loop group		Fiction
All my friends are going to be strangers		Fiction
Oh what a slaughter
In a narrow grave
Duane's Depressed: A Novel	1999	Fiction
Telegraph days		Fiction
The desert rose		Fiction
The evening star		Fiction
Pretty Boy Floyd		Fiction
The colonel and Little Missie		Biography
Somebody's darling
Zeke and Ned		Fiction
Terms of Endearment		Fiction
Leaving Cheyenne		Fiction
Moving on		Fiction
When the Light Goes
FILM FLAM
Three bestselling novels
Boone's Lick
Texasville
Paloma Solitaria/Lonesome Dove
Still Wild
Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande
La rose du désert
Buffalo girls
The late child
Books
Paradise
HUD
Anything for Billy
It's always we rambled
Roads
Some can whistle
Custer	2012

The Last Picture Show

Release date:October 3, 1971

Directed by:Peter Bogdanovich

Genre:Coming of age

Rated:

Terms of Endearment

Release date:November 20, 1983

Directed by:James L. Brooks

Genre:Family Drama

Adapted from:Terms of Endearment

Rated:

Buffalo Girls

Release date:April 30, 1995

Directed by:Rod Hardy

Genre:Western

Adapted from:Buffalo girls

Streets of Laredo

Genre:Drama

Marker	Location	Population
A	Texas	26,059,203
B	Wichita Falls	103,931

Significant Other	Relationship	Date Started	Date Ended	Duration
Norma Faye Kesey	Marriage	Apr. 29, 2011
Jo Scott McMurtry	Marriage	July 15, 1959	1966	6 years

Q:
Where did Larry McMurtry go to school?
A:
Larry McMurtry went to school at Rice University.
Q:
Where was Larry McMurtry born?
A:
Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls.
Q:
Which popular book titles have been composed by writer, Larry McMurtry?
A:
Popular works include -
- Lonesome Dove
- Streets of Laredo
- Comanche Moon
- Dead Man's Walk
- Sin Killer
- By Sorrow's River
- Horseman, Pass By
Q:
What award nominations has Larry McMurtry received?
A:
Award nominations include:
- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain"
- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for "The Last Picture Show"