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His childhood, as recounted in his long-running series of autobiographical tales known collectively as the Roy stories, is explored in the 2020 documentary Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago. After college he joined the Air Force Reserves.
PERSONAL: Born October 18, 1946, in Chicago, IL; married; children: two. Education: Attended University of Missouri, 1964-65; attended Cambridge University, 1966. ADDRESSES: Office— Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003. CAREER: Writer, poet, novelist, screenwriter, memoirist, essayist, and biographer.
Mar 16, 2018 · He eventually married Mary Lou Nelson, a native San Franciscan; they have four adult children. Gifford’s Chicago accent has been flattened by all his years on the West Coast, but he sounds...
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- Jim Ruland
Barry Gifford was born on October 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved often and lived mostly in hotels, and he cites the characters he encountered in hotel lobbies as an early inspiration to write.
Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness.
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- October 18, 1946
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His childhood, as recounted in his long-running series of autobiographical tales known collectively as the Roy stories, is explored in the 2020 documentary Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago. After college he joined the Air Force Reserves .
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Jun 22, 2003 · Barry Gifford is both a cult writer and a great one. In Europe, where his cult and his prose are not in conflict, he is read as an American original who meets his reader's expectations of America's violent pioneering spirit. Eventually, he will be read the same way here.
