Early life Ĭharles Portis was born in 1933 in El Dorado, Arkansas, the son of Alice (Waddell) and Samuel Palmer Portis. Portis has been described as "one of the most inventively comic writers of western fiction". In the introduction editor Jay Jennings observes,"Charles Portis is now recognized as a singular American genius, a writer whose deadpan style, picaresque plots, and unforgettable characters have drawn a passionate following among readers and writers." In 2023 The Library of America published his Collected Works. A newer film adaptation of True Grit was released in 2010. The latter also inspired a film sequel and a made-for-TV movie sequel. Charles McColl Portis (Decem– February 17, 2020) was an American author best known for his novels Norwood (1966) and the classic Western True Grit (1968), both adapted as films.
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