Elmer Kelton
Elmer Stephen Kelton (born April 29, 1926 in Andrews County , Texas , † August 22, 2009 in San Angelo , Texas) was an American journalist and writer who was best known for his western novels.
biography
Kelton was born in Andrews County, west Texas, at the Five Wells Ranch Horse Camp owned by the Scharbauer Cattle Company . His parents were Robert W. "Buck" and Beatrice "Bea" (née Holland) Kelton .
When Kelton was three years old, the family moved to the McElroy Ranch , which is in the two Counties of Crane and Upton . He spent the rest of his childhood there - his father worked there until 1965.
After graduating from Crane High School , Kelton enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin , which he attended from 1942 to 1944 and again from 1946 to 1948, and left with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism . In the meantime, Kelton had served in the US Army and had combat experience in Europe.
He married the Austrian Anna Lipp, with whom he has two children of his own and one brought into marriage by his wife.
From 1948 on, Kelton was responsible for the farm and ranch section of the San Angelo Standard-Times for 15 years . He was an editor for Sheep and Goat Raiser Magazine for five years and Livestock Weekly for 22 years .
Seven of his novels, Buffalo Wagons , The Day the Cowboys Quit , The Day It Never Rained , Eyes of the Hawk , Slaughter , The Far Canyon, and The Way of the Coyote , won a Track Award from the Western Writers of America ; three more, City: The Time It Never Rained , The Good Old Boys and The Man Who Rode Midnight won the Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma .
In 1995 his novel The Good Old Boys was filmed by Turner Network Television ; the main role was taken by Tommy Lee Jones .
In 1977 Kelton received the Owen Wister Award for his life's work ; In 1998 another prize for the entire work, the Lone Star Award for Lifetime Achievement .
In 2007 his memoir, Sandhills Boy , was published.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Track award | novel | Buffalo wagons |
| 1971 | Track award | novel | The Day the Cowboys Quit |
| 1973 | Track award | novel | The Time It Never Rained |
| 1974 | Western Heritage Award | Western novel | The Time It Never Rained |
| 1977 | Owen Wister Award | Life's work of western literature | |
| 1979 | Western Heritage Award | Western novel | The Good Old Boys |
| 1981 | Track award | novel | Eyes of the Hawk |
| 1988 | Western Heritage Award | Western novel | The Man Who Rode Midnight |
| 1992 | Track award | Novel from the west | Slaughter |
| 1994 | Track award | Novel from the west | The Far Canyon |
| 2002 | Track award | Best western novel | Way of the Coyote |
bibliography
(Selection)
- 1957: Duel in Kiowa County, Moewig
- 1965: The Greenhorn, Moewig
- 1967: Donovan cleans up, Heyne
- 1975: Heiße Eisen, Ullstein, ISBN 3548031501
- 1978: Der Weidekönig, Heyne, ISBN 3453203445
- 1979: Tomorrow you should hang, Joe, Heyne, ISBN 3453203836
- 1980: Three steps to the gallows, Heyne, ISBN 3453203941
- 1981: The Last Cowboy, Heyne, ISBN 3453203682
- 1981: Deadly trap, Heyne ISBN 3453204301
- 1982: The death song of the Comanches, Heyne
- 1984: Free as the Wind, Heyne, ISBN 3453204506
- 1984: In the saddle of evil, Heyne, ISBN 3453204131
- 1985: The eyes of the falcon, Heyne, ISBN 3453205197
- 1986: The Elmer Kelton Western Reading Book , Heyne, ISBN 3453206002
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kelton, Elmer (2007). - Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer . - New York, New York: Forge. - p.26. - ISBN 978-0765315212 .
- ↑ UPDATE: Elmer Kelton dies at 83 . San Angelo Standard Times . Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
- ^ Kelton. - Sandhills boy . - p.21.
- ^ Social Security Death Index Search.
- ↑ a b c d Elmer Kelton Biography . ElmerKelton.net. Archived from the original on May 9, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ↑ a b Kelton. Sandhills Boy . pp. 26, 31.
- ^ Kelton. Sandhills Boy . pp. 233, 241.
- ^ "Obituary: Elmer Kelton Dies at 83" . gosangelo.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
Web links
- elmerkelton.net Official Website
- Elmer Kelton's Page at Macmillan's
- The Story of Elmer Kelton
- Kelton's papers, 1948-1985
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kelton, Elmer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelton, Elmer Stephen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andrews County , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 2009 |
| Place of death | San Angelo , Texas |