Pete Dexter
Pete Dexter (* 22. July 1943 in Pontiac , Michigan ) is a US -American novelist and screenwriter . He received the National Book Award in 1988 for the novel Paris Trout .
Life
Dexter grew up in Milledgeville , Georgia , where he had moved with his mother in 1947. He worked for many years as a journalist, initially for the Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach ( Florida ), which he left, however, in 1972 when the editor of the newspaper forced the editors, in the upcoming presidential election , Richard Nixon support. He then wrote for various newspapers, including in Philadelphia , Sacramento and Seattle .
When he got into a fight with boxer Randall Cobb over a newspaper article in Philadelphia in 1981 and was seriously injured - an incident that he subsequently processed in his first novel God's Pocket - he gave up journalism and became a freelance writer.
Several feature films were made based on his books, including the 1995 Western Wild Bill . He was also involved as a screenwriter on several of the film adaptations.
Dexter lives on Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington state .
Awards
- 1988 National Book Award for Paris Trout
- 1996 Literary Award from the PEN Center USA for The Paperboy
- 2007 German Crime Prize (International / 2nd place) for Train
- 2007 Crime of the year 2006 (5th place) in the KrimiWelt best list for Train
- 2010 Crime of the Year 2009 (9th place) in the KrimiWelt best list for Paris Trout
- 2011 Crime of the year 2010 (4th place) in the KrimiWelt best list for God's Pocket
Works
Novels
- 1983 God's Pocket
- God's Pocket, German by Jürgen Bürger and Kathrin Bielfeldt; Munich: Liebeskind, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-935890-70-0
- 1986 Deadwood
- Deadwood, German by Jürgen Bürger and Kathrin Bielfeldt; Munich: Liebeskind, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-935890-82-3
- 1988 Paris Trout
- Rabid, German by Felix Bärenreutter; Munich: Goldmann 1989. ISBN 3-442-09410-0
- New translation: Paris Trout, German by Jürgen Bürger; Munich: Liebeskind 2008. ISBN 978-3-935890-54-0
- 1991 Brotherly Love
- Brotherly love, German by Götz Pommer; Munich: Goldmann 1996. ISBN 3-570-00407-4
- also as: Among brothers, same translation; Munich: Liebeskind 2015. ISBN 978-3-95438-042-8
- 1995 The Paperboy
- Black on white, German by Bernhard Robben ; Munich: Goldmann 1996. ISBN 3-442-30708-2
- also as: Paperboy, same translation; Munich: Liebeskind 2013. ISBN 978-3-95438-008-4
- 2003 Train
- Train, German by Jürgen Bürger; Munich: Liebeskind 2006. ISBN 978-3-935890-38-0
- 2009 Spooner
Scripts
- 1991: Rabid ( Paris Trout , directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal )
- 1991: Feverish - Undercover in Drug Hell (Rush , Director: Lili Fini Zanuck )
- 1996: Michael (Director: Nora Ephron )
- 1996: By Your Own Rules (Mulholland Falls , Director: Lee Tamahori )
- 2003: Shortcut to Happiness ( The Devil and Daniel Webster , directed by Alec Baldwin )
- 2012: The Paperboy (Director: Lee Daniels )
- 2020: The Sound of Philadelphia
Non-fiction
- 2007 Paper Trails (Article Collection)
Film adaptations
- 1991: Rabid ( Paris Trout , directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal )
- 1995: Wild Bill (Director: Walter Hill , adaptation of Deadwood )
- 2012: The Paperboy (Director: Lee Daniels )
- 2014: Living and Dying in God's Pocket ( God's Pocket , directed by John Slattery )
Radio plays
- 2013 "Deadwood", DLRkultur, arrangement and direction: Leonhard Koppelmann , music and composition: Georg Zeitblom
Web links
- Literature by and about Pete Dexter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Pete Dexter at perlentaucher.de
- Pete Dexter at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Dexter at powells.com, October 9, 2003
- Interview with Dexter on Radio NPR, February 10, 2007
- Interview with Dexter on Spiegel Online, February 2, 2012
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Author Profile at HarperCollins Publishers, accessed March 24, 2019
- ↑ Virtuoso spiral of violence , review by Frank Rumpel in CulturMag on April 25, 2015, accessed April 29, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dexter, Pete |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American novelist and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pontiac , Michigan |