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Charles Portis

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Charles Portis

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Full Name: Charles McColl Portis
Born: December 28, 1933
El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
Occupation: Writer
Nationality: American
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Biography

Charles Portis is an American author best known for his novels Norwood (1966) and the classic Western True Grit (1968), 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".


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1985)