Terry Southern

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Terry Southern (born May 1, 1924 in Alvarado , Texas , † October 29, 1995 in Morningside Heights , Manhattan , New York ) was an American writer , essayist , screenwriter and university lecturer .

Life

Terry Southern was an influential writer and screenwriter and part of the postwar Parisian literary movement and beat generation in Greenwich Village . He lived in London , the center of the Swinging Sixties , and pioneered the advancement of American cinema in the 1970s. During the 1980s he wrote for the comedy show Saturday Night Live and taught screenwriting at several New York universities.

Southern's black-humored and often absurd style influenced and impressed generations of authors, readers, directors and moviegoers. The writer Tom Wolfe called him a pioneer of New Journalism . Southern's publication Twirling at Ole Miss from 1962 is often mentioned in this context . The American wrote the scripts for Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb , The Loved One , Cincinnati Kid or Easy Rider .

Terry Southern can be recognized on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . He's in the second row there.

Works (selection)

Books
  • 1958: Flash and Filigree
  • 1958: Candy
  • 1959: The Magic Christian
  • 1960: Writers in Revolt
  • 1965: Journal of The Loved One
  • 1967: Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes
  • 1970: Blue Movie (German: Der Super-Porno)
  • 1992: Texas Summer
Scripts

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Southern, Terry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, essayist, screenwriter, and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Alvarado , Texas
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1995
Place of death Morningside Heights , New York