William Gay (1) (1941–2012)
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William Gay was born in Hohenwald, Tennessee on October 27, 1941. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War. Before becoming a writer at the age of 57, he worked as a carpenter, drywall-hanger and house painter. His first short story, I vis mere Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, was published in the Georgia Review literary journal in 1998. In 2009, it was adapted into a film entitled That Evening Sun starring Hal Holbrook. His first novel, The Long Home, was published in 1999 and won the James A. Michener Memorial Prize. His other works include Twilight, The Lost Country, and Provinces of Night, which was also adapted into a film, entitled Bloodworth starring Val Kilmer and Kris Kristofferson in 2010. He died of a heart attack on February 23, 2012 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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The Paperhanger {story} 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (2005) — Bidragyder — 47 eksemplarer
Best of The Oxford American: Ten Years from the Southern Magazine of Good Writing {anthology} (2002) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010) — Bidragyder — 41 eksemplarer
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Gay, William Elbert
- Fødselsdato
- 1941-10-27
- Dødsdag
- 2012-02-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (til kort)
- USA
- Fødested
- Hohenwald, Tennessee, USA
- Dødssted
- Hohenwald, Tennessee, USA
- Dødsårsag
- heart attack
- Bopæl
- Hohenwald, Tennessee, USA
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Erhverv
- carpenter
U.S. Navy - Organisationer
- United States Navy (Vietnam War)
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Looking at William Gay's photo on the back , I got a chill. I bet he is the nicest person, and would be a pleasant someone to just stt down and have a glass of iced sweet tea with on a boiling hot day.… (mere)