William Hjortsberg

Forfatter

23. februar 1941 — 22. april 2017 (76 år)
William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg was an American novelist and screenwriter, known for his originality and for writing the screenplay of the film Legend. His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987). The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber. His 2015 novel Mañana is a thriller set in Mexico.

Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was married three times, and had a son and a daughter. He died of pancreatic cancer.

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Kendt for

  • Legend
    Legend1985
  • Djævelen i hjertet
    Djævelen i hjertet1987
  • Lyn og torden
    Lyn og torden1977
  • The Georgia Peaches
    The Georgia Peaches1980

Filmografi

1987
Angel Heart · as Novel
1985
1977
Angel Heart · as Novel