Charles Portis

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American novelist human novel novelist

Charles Portis was an American novelist best known for his deadpan comic style and for writing the Western novel "True Grit," which inspired multiple film adaptations.

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Charles Portis canonical 9

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instanceOf American novelist ⓘ
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author Charles Portis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
birthName Charles McColl Portis ⓘ
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-12-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-02-17 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Arkansas ⓘ
employer Arkansas Gazette ⓘ
New York Herald Tribune ⓘ
familyName Portis ⓘ
genre Western fiction ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influencedGenre modern Western literature ⓘ
inspiredFilmAdaptation True Grit (1969 film) ⓘ
True Grit (2010 film) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
name Charles Portis self-link ⓘ
notableFor use of deadpan humor ⓘ
writing the novel True Grit ⓘ
notableWork Gringos ⓘ
Masters of Atlantis ⓘ
Norwood ⓘ
The Dog of the South ⓘ
True Grit (novel) ⓘ
surface form: True Grit
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
placeOfBirth El Dorado, Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
placeOfDeath Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
publication Norwood ⓘ
raisedIn Hamburg, Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: Hamburg, Arkansas, United States
residence Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
writingStyle deadpan comic style ⓘ

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True Grit (2010 film) → authorOfSourceWork → Charles Portis ⓘ
True Grit: A Further Adventure → basedOnCharacterCreatedBy → Charles Portis ⓘ
True Grit (novel) → author → Charles Portis ⓘ
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Charles Portis → name → Charles Portis self-link ⓘ
Charles Portis → author → Charles Portis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Norwood
LaBoeuf → createdBy → Charles Portis ⓘ
Tom Chaney → createdBy → Charles Portis ⓘ
Mattie Ross → creator → Charles Portis ⓘ
True Grit (1969 film) → authorOfSourceWork → Charles Portis ⓘ