Pat Conroy

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Donald Patrick Conroy (born October 26, 1945 in Atlanta , Georgia , † March 4, 2016 in Beaufort , South Carolina ) was an American writer.

Life

Conroy grew up as the eldest of seven siblings in a soldier family. The upbringing of his brutal father shaped several of his fictional and autobiographical publications; so his childhood and youth form the basis for the novel The Great Santini , which was filmed in 1979 .

Conroy studied at the Citadel Military Academy in Charleston , South Carolina. In 1967 he did his bachelor's degree in English there. He processed this time in The Boo , his first novel. The works The Lords of Discipline (German pride and honor ) and My Losing Season - a memoir were created against the background of this time. After graduating from the military academy, Conroy accepted a position as a teacher at a dwarf school on an island in South Carolina, from which he was fired at the end of the first year because of his unconventional teaching methods and his refusal to use corporal punishment. He processed this experience in the novel (The Water Is Wide) (dt. Separating water ), on the basis of which the movie Conrack with Jon Voight in the lead role was made in 1974 . In 2006, the television production Weites Wasser emerged from the material . The novel The novel was recognized by the National Education Association and received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award .

The novel The Lords of the Island (The Prince of Tides) marked Conroy's breakthrough as a writer with more than 350,000 copies sold. Conroy and Becky Johnston were nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay for the screenplay for the film adaptation of the novel Lord of the Tides , which is based on this novel . The two also received a Writers Guild of America nomination .

Conroy lived in Beaufort with his third wife, Cassanda King. He died of complications from pancreatic cancer and was survived by four of his own daughters and five stepchildren.

Works (selection)

  • The lords of the island , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1987, ISBN 3-7857-0464-X .
  • The great Santini , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-11747-6 .
  • Separating water , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1993, ISBN 3-404-11924-X .
  • Pride and Honor , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1994, ISBN 3-404-12146-5 .
  • Beach Music , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1996, ISBN 3-7857-0817-3 .
  • The song of the sea , Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1998, ISBN 3-404-12801-X .
  • The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes and Stories of My Life , 1999.
  • My Reading Life , 2010.
  • South of Broad: A Novel , 2010
  • The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son , 2013.
  • A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life , 2017

Filmography (selection)

  • 1974: Farewell to an island ( Conrack , literary model)
  • 1979: The Great Santini ( The Great Santini , literary source)
  • 1983: Cursed is what makes you strong ( The Lords of Discipline , literary source)
  • 1989: Alabama, Seeds of Hatred ( Unconquered , screenplay)
  • 1991: Lord of the Tides ( The Prince of Tides , literary source and screenplay)
  • 2006: Weites Wasser ( The Water Is Wide , literary source)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Pat Conroy, 70, dies after short battle with pancreatic cancer
  2. a b c d nytimes.com, accessed March 5, 2016