Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
Autor de Cómo conquistar Hollywood = (Get Shorty) / Elmore Leonard ; [traducción, Antoni Puigròs].
Sobre El Autor
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the mostrar más University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies. Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Elmore Leonard
Cómo conquistar Hollywood = (Get Shorty) / Elmore Leonard ; [traducción, Antoni Puigròs]. (1990) 2,356 copias
Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man No. 89 / The Switch (2014) 143 copias
Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval / LaBrava / Glitz / Freaky Deaky (Library of America) (2015) 100 copias
Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels: Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues (The Library of America) (2016) 98 copias
Elmore Leonard: Westerns: Last Stand at Saber River / Hombre / Valdez is Coming / Forty Lashes Less One / Stories (The… (2018) 93 copias
Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels: The Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primevil (1986) 49 copias
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1: Bounty Hunters; Forty Lashes Less One; Gunsights (1998) 40 copias
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2: Escape from Five Shadows; Last Stand at Saber River; The Law at Randado (1998) 35 copias
Elmore Leonard Raylan Givens 3-Book Collection: Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole (2012) 34 copias
Get Shorty: Season 1 2 copias
Spel om annans liv 2 copias
Louly and Pretty Boy 2 copias
El Blues del Misisipí 1 copia
Último Posto no Rio Sabre 1 copia
Han kallades Hombre... 1 copia
Os Caçadores de Recompensas 1 copia
Nepoznati br. 89 1 copia
שודדים 1 copia
Duelo Final 1 copia
Um Bom Argumento 1 copia
The Hard Way 1 copia
Fuga de Cinco Sombras 1 copia
D'un coup, d'un seul : roman 1 copia
צייד החתולים 1 copia
Notebooks 1 copia
Elmore Leonard, The Colonel's Lady and No Man's Gun : Unabridged Stories from The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1999) 1 copia
Hot Shot 1 copia
Leonard Elmore 1 copia
Three-ten To Yuma [short story] 1 copia
Thriller. Florida- Fieber / Im Schutz des hellichten Tages / Lone Star. Drei ungekürzte Romane. (1997) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
The Kid 1 copia
Karen Sisco (Season 1) 1 copia
Line of Sight 1 copia
part didn't care for it Killshot 1 copia
Sin título 1 copia
For Something to Do 1 copia
סחיטה 1 copia
Crianças pagãs 1 copia
Four Novels of the 80s 1 copia
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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 copias
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contribuidor — 186 copias
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contribuidor — 72 copias
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contribuidor — 30 copias
Time-Life Book Digest: Get Shorty | Four Past Midnight | Wings of the Morning | The Langoliers (1990) — Contribuidor — 30 copias
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Leonard, Elmore
- Nombre legal
- Leonard Jr., Elmore John
- Otros nombres
- Leonard, Elmore John, Jr. (birth name)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1925-10-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2013-08-20
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- VS
- Lugar de nacimiento
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- stroke complications
- Lugares de residencia
- Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Bloomfield Village, Michigan, USA - Educación
- University of Detroit (BA|1950)
- Ocupaciones
- copywriter
short-story writer
novelist
screenwriter - Relaciones
- Leonard, Peter (zoon)
- Organizaciones
- Chevrolet
Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency
United States Navy (WWII) - Premios y honores
- Cartier Diamond Dagger 2006
- Agente
- Andrew Wylie (The Wylie Agency)
- Biografía breve
- Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; the family moved frequently for several years. In 1934, the family settled in Detroit.
He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943 and joined the Navy. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy. A year before he graduated, he got a job as a copy writer with Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency, a position he kept for several years, writing on the side.
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