Charles Portis

Novelist, Author

1933 –

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Who is Charles Portis?

Charles McColl Portis is an American author best known for his novels Norwood and the classic Western novel True Grit, both adapted as films. The latter also inspired a film sequel and a made-for-TV movie sequel. A newer film adaptation of True Grit was released in 2010.

Portis has been described as "one of the most inventively comic writers of western fiction".

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Born
Dec 28, 1933
El Dorado
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Arkansas
Lived in
  • Arkansas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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