Pulitzer Prize Author. He was an American novelist, screenwriter, and historian. He wrote "The Way West," which received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950 and was adapted to a Hollywood film in 1952. Known for his American Wild West plots, some of his other books include, "The Big Sky" in 1947, "These Thousand Hills" in 1956, "The Blue Hen's Chick" in 1965, "Arfive" 1970, "The Last Valley" in 1975, "Fair Land, Fair Land" in 1982, and "Murder in the Cotswolds" in 1989. He wrote the instructional text, "A Field Guide to Writing Fiction" in 1991. He wrote the screenplays for the films, "Shane" in 1953, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writer, "The Kentuckian" in 1955 and his own novel "These Thousand Hill" in 1956. He also wrote an autobiography, short stories, poetry, and essays on saving the environment of what was the Old West. Born the son of a high school principal, his family moved to Montana when he was six months old. He graduated with honors from what is now the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923 before he began a 21-year newspaper career, starting as a reporter and advancing to Editor in Chief at the "Lexington Leader" in Kentucky. After receiving the Pulitzer Prize and writing for various magazines, he retired to Montana.
Pulitzer Prize Author. He was an American novelist, screenwriter, and historian. He wrote "The Way West," which received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950 and was adapted to a Hollywood film in 1952. Known for his American Wild West plots, some of his other books include, "The Big Sky" in 1947, "These Thousand Hills" in 1956, "The Blue Hen's Chick" in 1965, "Arfive" 1970, "The Last Valley" in 1975, "Fair Land, Fair Land" in 1982, and "Murder in the Cotswolds" in 1989. He wrote the instructional text, "A Field Guide to Writing Fiction" in 1991. He wrote the screenplays for the films, "Shane" in 1953, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writer, "The Kentuckian" in 1955 and his own novel "These Thousand Hill" in 1956. He also wrote an autobiography, short stories, poetry, and essays on saving the environment of what was the Old West. Born the son of a high school principal, his family moved to Montana when he was six months old. He graduated with honors from what is now the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923 before he began a 21-year newspaper career, starting as a reporter and advancing to Editor in Chief at the "Lexington Leader" in Kentucky. After receiving the Pulitzer Prize and writing for various magazines, he retired to Montana.
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