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William hjortsberg biography

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        1. William Hjortsberg is an acclaimed American author of novels and screenplays.
        2. Gray matters: william hjortsberg
        3. William Hjortsberg, who has died aged 76, was a brilliantly inventive writer whose books fell into a category sometimes called “slipstream”.
        4. William Hjortsberg was born on February 23, in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Legend (), Angel Heart () and Thunder.

          5. William Hjortsberg

          American writer (–)

          William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg[1][2] (February 23, – April 22, ) was an American novelist and screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of the film Legend.[2][3]

          His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart ().[4] The novel was adapted into an opera in , composed by J.

          Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber.[5][6][7]

          Personal life and death

          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.[2][8] He died of pancreatic cancer on April 22, , at the age of [2][8][5]

          Angel Heart

          His fifth book, "Falling Angel" published in was later turned into a mov