| J. R. Salamanca | |
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| Born | Jack Richard Salamanca (1922-12-20)December 20, 1922 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, 2013(2013-10-30) (aged 90) Potomac, Maryland, U.S. |
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Jack Richard Salamanca (born December 20, 1922, in St. Petersburg, Florida — October 30, 2013, in Potomac, Maryland) was an American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. His first novel, The Lost Country (1958), was made into Wild in the Country, a 1961 film starring Elvis Presley; his second, Lilith, was filmed as Lilith in 1964, starring Warren Beatty.
Books
- The Lost Country (1958)
- Lilith (1961)
- A Sea Change (1969)
- Embarkation (1973)
- Southern Light (1986)
- That Summer's Trance (2000)
References
- Salamanca, Jack R. (2 November 2013). "Jack R. Salamanca Death Notice". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- Twentieth-century American literature: Volume 6 Harold Bloom - 1987 "JR Salamanca 1922- Jack Richard Salamanca was born on December 20, 1922, in St. Petersburg, Florida"
- Authors Guild article Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Categories:- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- Writers from St. Petersburg, Florida
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Novelists from Florida
- American male novelists
- University of Maryland, College Park faculty