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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style.
Site devoted to Terry Southern and the literary and cultural circles he traveled in particularly the beats, post-war paris, hollywood, swinging london, and his co-authorship of Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider and Barbarella.
Terry Southern was an American writer known for his satirical novels and screenplays. Southern served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was educated at Southern Methodist University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University (B.A., 1948), and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Oct 29, 1995 · Terry Southern was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer noted for his distinctive satirical style.
May 1, 2024 · The madcap satires of Terry Southern, who would have turned 100 today, remain urgently relevant, from the piercing send-up of our national obsession with money in The Magic Christian (1960) to...
Terry Southern (1924-1995) began writing satiric, outrageous fiction at the age of 12, when he rewrote Edgar Allen Poe stories "because they didn't go far enough". After serving in the Army as a Lieutenant in World War II, he wrote short stories while studying at the Sorbonne.
Mar 18, 2019 · Terry Southern, the namesake of the award, was the novelist and screenwriter behind the success of, among other things, Easy Rider and Dr. Strangelove. He acted as a crucial influence in the early years of The Paris Review; “ The Accident ”—an excerpt from Southern’s debut novel, Flash and Filigree —appeared in the first issue.
