13-561: Lurton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lurton Blassingame (1904–1988), notable American literary agent André Lurton (1924–2019), French winemaker and winery owner Horace Harmon Lurton (1844–1914), American jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States See also [ edit ] Château Couhins-Lurton , Bordeaux wine from
26-485: A movie by the same name which was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Muni) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White . His other novels include His Majesty O'Keefe (co-authored with Lawrence Klingman), adapted into a 1954 film , North West , Portofino PTA , To Brooklyn With Love , My Son the Jock , The Lotus Eaters and East and West . His 1962 novel Portofino P.T.A.
39-729: A member of the Philolexian Society . He graduated from the college in 1942 and, after serving in the US Army in Europe during the Second World War , where he was also the editor of the army's Stars and Stripes newspaper, he returned to New York to attend the Columbia Journalism School . Green wrote many novels, the best known being The Last Angry Man , published in 1956. It was adapted into
52-571: A sister, Alice—afterward, to Auburn, Alabama , with his first university degree coming from Howard College in Birmingham . He moved to New York City, completing a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University . His Master's thesis focused on the history of pulp fiction . Blassingame's first job was as a writer in Hollywood. While yet in his 20's (ca. 1929), he founded the agency that he would run for nearly 50 years, mostly in
65-558: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Lurton Blassingame Lurton Blassingame (February 10, 1904 – April 1988) was a literary agent of long career based in New York City, a Howard College - and Columbia University -trained journalist whose clients included Robert A. Heinlein and Frank Herbert . Blassingame was born on February 10, 1904 in Fort Smith, Arkansas , and moved with his family—he had
78-589: The ConSentiency universe , and featuring Bureau of Sabotage agent Jorj X. McKie , the 1969-1970 Whipping Star , appeared with this dedication in the Putnam edition: To Lurton Blassingame, who helped buy the time for this book, dedicated with affection and admiration[.] In 1980, literary agent Kirby McCauley dedicated his horror anthology, Dark Forces , to Blassingame "with admiration and affection". Robert Heinlein's posthumous 1989 book Grumbles from
91-506: The Grave , which consists of his letters, features more to Blassingame than any other correspondent (as well as some of Blassingames' letters to him). Blassingame was married to the former Kathryn Shaw of Montgomery, Alabama , with whom he had a son, Lurton Wyatt Blassingame. He was described by a close associate of decades, Margo Fischer, as being "full of life", with passions for fishing and hunting, as well playing bridge and attending
104-590: The Pessac-Léognan appellation Blurton Luton [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Lurton . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lurton&oldid=1090487118 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
117-508: The age of 84. Gerald Green (author) Gerald Green (April 8, 1922 – August 29, 2006) was an American author, journalist, and television writer. Green was born in Brooklyn , New York as Gerald Greenberg . He was the son of a physician, Dr. Samuel Greenberg. He was Jewish. Green attended Columbia College , where he edited the Jester , starred in several Varsity Shows , and was
130-583: The ballet and opera; "He was always a thoughtful person with a wonderful sense of humor," she stated to The New York Times . With his 1943 success with Rosemary Taylor 's work, Blassingame bought Ilikite (his fashioning of "I like it"), a country house near Peekskill, New York . His wife Kathryn died in 1980; in that year he retired, relocating first from New York to Florida, and later to Mobile, Alabama where his sister resided. Blassingame, battling liver cancer, "died in his sleep at his home in Mobile" at
143-610: The borough of Manhattan in New York City . In 1937-1938, he and writer William Allen founded the American Library Foundation in California. He saw a major success in 1943 representing Rosemary Taylor in the publication of Chicken Every Sunday , a best seller from McGraw-Hill (made into motion picture in 1948). Blassingame's public relations operation, named Houston Branch Associates,
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#1732787261829156-533: Was "one-man", and he sold it off in 1979 —to Eleanor Wood , where it became part of Spectrum Literary Agency . He retired in 1980. In addition to Taylor, Blassingame served as literary agent for Robert A. Heinlein , Frank Herbert , Gerald Green , William F. Nolan , and John Barth . Blassingame is, further, known to an extent through periodic author dedications. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1951 science fiction work, The Puppet Masters , to him. Frank Herbert's first full-length novel set in
169-490: Was adapted into a musical, Something More! , by composer Sammy Fain and lyricists Marilyn and Alan Bergman . He wrote the teleplay for Holocaust , a critically acclaimed 1978 TV miniseries that won eight Emmy Awards , including one for "Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series," and was credited with persuading the West German government to repeal the statute of limitations on Nazi war crimes . He later adapted
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