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Charles Portis

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Charles McColl Portis
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December 28, 1933, El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.
Died:
February 17, 2020, Little Rock, Arkansas

Charles Portis (born December 28, 1933, El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.—died February 17, 2020, Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American novelist whose works were admired for their deadpan comic tone, colourfully sketched characters, and spirit of adventure. He was best known for the novel True Grit (1968), which inspired two popular film adaptations (1969 and 2010). Portis grew up in a series of small towns in southern Arkansas. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Korean War, eventually attaining the rank of sergeant. Upon his discharge in 1955, he enrolled in the ...(100 of 469 words)

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