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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 - October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer. He was part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village; he was at the center of Swinging London in the sixties and helped to change the style and substance of Hollywood films of the 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote for Saturday Night Live and lectured on screenwriting at several universities in New York.
Southern's dark and often absurdist style of broad yet biting satire helped to define the sensibilities of several generations of intelligent writers, readers, directors and filmgoers. He is credited by journalist Tom Wolfe as having invented New Journalism with the publication of "Twirling at Ole Miss" in Esquire in 1962, and his gift for writing memorable film dialogue was evident in Dr. Strangelove, The Cincinnati Kid and Easy Rider. His work on Easy Rider helped create the independent film movement of the 1970s, in opposition to Hollywood film studios.
Born in Alvarado, Texas, Southern left Southern Methodist University to serve as a Lieutenant in the US Army during World War II, returning to the States to study at Northwestern University, where he graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1948. While studying on the G.I. Bill at the Sorbonne he wrote short stories, one of which ("The Sun and the Still Born Stars") was the very first short story published in the Paris Review.
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Famous quotes by Terry Southern http://www.jittery.com/quotes/terry-southern-quotes-14286.html
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Famous quotes by Terry Southern http://www.jittery.com/quotes/terry-southern-quotes-14286.html
Terry Gilliam in a pink Marie Antoinette wig and a giant Southern-belle style dress. That image will be in my nightmares.
jamieaiken919 (jamieaiken919) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:32:39 -0000
Terry Gilliam in a pink Marie Antoinette wig and a giant Southern-belle style dress. That image will be in my nightmares.
creative writing: @ Ttaylordude on Virginia This Morning: Terry Taylor, Creative Director at Big River was a Southern cr http://url4.eu/uJM9
CP_Film_TV (Creative Producer) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:00:50 -0000
creative writing: @ Ttaylordude on Virginia This Morning: Terry Taylor, Creative Director at Big River was a Southern cr http://url4.eu/uJM9
@ShellyKramer I see you like murder mysteries. Try Double Dead, by Terry Hoover - my wife's Southern mystery - http://ow.ly/KoNG
MyCreativeTeam (Harry Hoover) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:22:49 -0000
@ShellyKramer I see you like murder mysteries. Try Double Dead, by Terry Hoover - my wife's Southern mystery - http://ow.ly/KoNG
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. - Terry Southern
SolutionsBoy (PaultheSolutionsBoy) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:22:04 -0000
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. - Terry Southern
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. - Terry Southern
SolutionsBoy (PaultheSolutionsBoy) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:57:01 -0000
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. - Terry Southern
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Journalists - Terry Southern - Overview of Southern's career and activism, including a bibliography of selected works.
Featured Writer Terry Southern - New York Times feature on Southern with links to reviews and news on Southern's life and work.
Grooving in Chi - Terry Southern's report from the 1968 Democratic Convention.
Interview with a Grand Guy - Interview with Southern by biographer Lee Hill.
Notes from the War Room - Article by Southern on the making of Dr. Strangelove at The Kubrick Site.
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Robert Fulford's Column about Terry Southern - Discussion of Southern's work, especially Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider.
Southern Discomfort - Article concerning Southern's career and his son's efforts to finance a film of the writer's last novel, Texas Summer.
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Terry Southern - Biography of 1960s writer Terry Southern at LitKicks.
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Terry Southern (1924-1995) - Bibliography and brief biography at Perspectives in American Literature.
Terry Southern 1924 - 1995 - Devoted to Southern and the literary and cultural circles in which he traveled as well as his co-authorship of Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider and Barbarella.
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