His works are frequently steeped in art and history. He was a finalist for a Man Booker International Prize in 2009 and the following year he received a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Times. He won a lifetime award from the Lannan Foundation in 2000. “Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn” came out in 1984, sold well and became a television miniseries in 1991.Īs a writer he was never much of a household name, but he was admired in literary and critical circles. He published his first book, a story collection, in 1957. He never married, had no children, but produced nearly 20 often challenging and aesthetically rewarding books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. He left Kansas City for the West Coast many years ago and lived for more than 20 years in Santa Fe. The younger Evan graduated from Southwest High School in 1941 and the University of Kansas in 1947. His father, Evan Connell Sr., was a physician and had a house built for the family at 210 W. Occasionally, I think of something that belongs in the book that I didn’t think of at the time, but I think it reads pretty well.”Ĭonnell was born in Kansas City on Aug. Bridge’ now,” he told The Star, “I find sentences I would have revised or eliminated.
Bridge,” which had recently passed its 50th anniversary. Bridge,” produced and directed by the British art-film team of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, was made in Kansas City in 1990. The two books became a movie starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
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