Mr.
James Salter
(
–
)
1925
2015
Bridgehampton, NY
Writer (novelist, short story writer, screen play writer)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
2009
Writer. Regarded as one of the most trenchant and gifted writers of modern American fiction. Books include A Sport and a Pastime (1967), Light Years (1975), Burning the Days (1997), and Last Night (2005). Screenplays include Downhill Racer (1969), The Appointment (1969) and Threshold (1981).
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