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词条 Billie Letts
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Personal life

  3. Death

  4. Novels

  5. Awards and nominations

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Billie Letts
| birth_name = Billie Dean Gipson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|5|30}}
| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|2|1938|5|30}}
| death_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
| occupation = Novelist, educator
| years_active =
| spouse = {{marriage|Dennis Letts
|1958|2008|end=d.}}
| children = 3, including Tracy Letts
}}

Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Early life

Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson[1] in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (née Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.[1][2]

Personal life

She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958.[3] The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer).[4][5] Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels.[3][6] He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.[3][6]

Death

Billie Letts died in a Tulsa hospital from pneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[7][8]

Novels

  • Where the Heart Is (1995)
  • The Honk and Holler Opening Soon (1998)
  • Shoot the Moon (2004)
  • Made in the U.S.A. (2008)

Awards and nominations

  • 1994 Walker Percy Award[9]
  • 1996 Oklahoma Book Award[10]
  • 1998 Oprah's Book Club – Best Novel nominee – Where the Heart Is

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133737188|title=Billie Jean Gipson Letts (1938–2014) – Find A Grave Memorial|work=findagrave.com|accessdate=28 July 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3482800107.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611073037/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3482800107.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 June 2014|title=Letts, Billie 1938–|work=highbeam.com|accessdate=28 July 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=TV and film actor Dennis Letts dies|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080224_1_A17_TVand41863|work=Tulsa World|date=2008-02-24|accessdate=2008-03-08}}
4. ^Letts family information {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428011557/http://www.twbookmark.com/authorslounge/articles/1999/october/article9083.html |date=April 28, 2007 }}, twbookmark.com; accessed August 13, 2014.
5. ^Excerpt from Playbill {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330094547/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115328.html |date=March 30, 2008 }}; accessed August 13, 2014.
6. ^{{cite news|title=Dennis Letts, 73, a Professor Who Became Broadway Actor, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/theater/25letts.html?em&ex=1204606800&en=d3d888f9fd35d0af&ei=5087%0A|agency=Associated Press|publisher=New York Times|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=2008-03-08}}
7. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/arts/billie-letts-where-the-heart-is-novelist-dies-at-76.html Obituary for Billie Letts], nytimes.com, August 5, 2014; accessed August 13, 2014.
8. ^{{cite web|author=Dee Duren|url=http://www.newson6.com/story/26182632/best-selling-oklahoma-author-billie-letts-dies|title=Best-Selling Oklahoma Author Billie Letts Dies|publisher=NewsOn6.com|accessdate=2014-08-05}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/billie-letts/|title=Billie Letts|website=www.fantasticfiction.co.uk}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.readersread.com/features/billieletts2.htm|title=Interview With Billie Letts|publisher=}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221620/http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/authors/80/80/interview9084.html Author interview: Billie Letts] at Hachette Book Group USA
  • Interview With Billie Letts (July 2004)
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