James Salter

Birth Name:

James Arnold Horowitz

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Director

Served as a fighter pilot in the U․S․ Air Force from 1945 to 1957
Won the PEN/Faulkner Award for his short story collection "Dusk and Other Stories․"
Was among the first to receive the Windham Campbell Prize in 2013
Published his first novel "The Hunters," which he wrote while serving in the Air Force, in 1956
Quote: "[on taking inspiration from real life] "I had three lives, one during the day, one at night, and the last in a drawer in my room in a small book of notes․""
Best known as the author of "A Sport and a Pastime" and "Light Years" who also wrote the screenplay for the 1969 Robert Redford film "Downhill Racer․"
In addition to "Downhill Racer," he also wrote the screenplays for "Solo Faces," "Threshold" and "Three," the last of which he also directed

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