| LC control no. | n 78093723 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3566.O663 |
| Personal name heading | Portis, Charles |
| Birth date | 1933-12-28 |
| Death date | 2020-02-17 |
| Place of birth | El Dorado (Ark.) |
| Place of death | Little Rock (Ark.) |
| Field of activity | American fiction Journalism |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Journalists |
| Found in | His Norwood, 1966. LC database, Feb. 20, 2020 (access point: Portis, Charles; usage: Charles Portis) Washington post WWW site, Feb. 20, 2020 (in obituary dated Feb. 18, 2020: Charles Portis, a reporter turned novelist known for his deadpan humor and plain-spoken style, most notably in the Western classic "True Grit," died Feb. 17 in Little Rock, Ark. He was 86. Charles McColl Portis was born in El Dorado, Ark., on Dec. 28, 1933. Some of Mr. Portis's reporting and short fiction was collected in a 2012 anthology, "Escape Velocity," published more than two decades after the release of his last novel) |
| Associated language | eng |
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