William Hjortsberg
William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg[1][2] (February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017[3][4]) was an American novelist and screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of the film Legend.[2][5]
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| Born | February 23, 1941 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | April 22, 2017 (aged 76) Livingston, Montana |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Genre | Mystery, screenwriting |
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His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987).[6] The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber.[4][7][8]
Personal life
Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was married three times, and had a son and a daughter.[2][3] He died of pancreatic cancer.[2]
Novels
- Alp (1969)
- Gray Matters (1971)
- Symbiography (1973)
- Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974)
- Falling Angel (1978)
- Tales & Fables (1985), published by Sylvester & Orphanos
- Nevermore (1994)
- Mañana (2015), a thriller set in Mexico.[9]
- Angel's Inferno (2020)
Screenplays
- Thunder and Lightning (1977)
- The Georgia Peaches (1980) (TV)
- Legend (1985)
Nonfiction
- Hjortsberg, William (2012). Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan. Counterpoint Press. ISBN 9781582437903. A biography of writer Richard Brautigan.
References
- McGuane, Thomas (2007). Conversations with Thomas McGuane (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. xv. ISBN 9781578068876.
- Vollers, Maryanne (28 April 2017). "A Writer to the Very End: Remembering the Great "Gatz"". Literary Hub. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "William Hjortsberg obituary". the Guardian. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "William Hjortsberg, writer behind Legend and Angel Heart, dies at 76". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "William Hjortsberg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23.
- Canby, Vincent (March 6, 1987). "Angel Heart (1987) FILM: MICKEY ROURKE STARS IN 'ANGEL HEART'". The New York Times.
- Waddington, Chris. "'Angel Heart' film reborn in New York as 'Falling Angel' opera: Will Satan win again?". NOLA.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "OPERA America Members Portal". apps.operaamerica.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "Writes of Spring: Fresh Crime Yarns to Chase Away the Chill". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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