Thomas P. Cullinan
Thomas P. Cullinan | |
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| Born | November 4, 1919 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S |
| Died | June 11, 1995 (aged 75) Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
Thomas P. Cullinan (November 4, 1919 – June 11, 1995) was an American novelist and playwright, as well as a writer for television. He is perhaps best known for his 1966 novel The Beguiled, which was made into two films of the same name, in 1971 and again in 2017.
Early life
Cullinan was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, in an Irish Catholic family.[1] He graduated from Cathedral Latin High School in 1938, and later attended Case Western Reserve University.[1]
Career
In addition to The Beguiled (1966), Cullinan's novel about the American Civil War, he wrote three novels—The Besieged (1970), The Eighth Sacrament (1977), and The Bedeviled (1978)—as well as several plays, which are still produced. He received a Ford Foundation grant to represent the United States at a literary colloquium in Berlin in 1964,[2] and he wrote a weekly television program in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, both for WKYC, a local television affiliate, and for Case Western Reserve University. The Beguiled was twice made into a film: in 1971, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page, and in 2017, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning.[3]
Death
Cullinan died of a heart attack on June 11, 1995 at a local theater in Cleveland Heights where he was judging a high school playwrighting festival.[4] Cullinan's papers are kept at the Kent State University archive, one of which is an unpublished play based on the Marilyn Sheppard murder case.[1]
Awards
Notable works
- 1966: The Beguiled
- 1970: The Besieged
- 1977: The Eighth Sacrament
- 1978: The Bedeviled
- 1988: Inherited Illusions: Integrating the Sacred & the Secular
- 1998: Mrs. Lincoln
- If The Eye Be Sound
- The Roots Of Social Injustice
- Paths Are Made By Those Who Walk On Them
References
- ^ a b c Dooley, Dennis. "Thomas P. Cullinan, Novelist and Playwright, 1919–1995". Cleveland Arts Prize. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c Leszcz, Brian (August 1997). "Thomas P. Cullinan papers". Kent State University Libraries. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ "The Beguiled". Amazon.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Thomas P. Cullinan, Novelist, 75". The New York Times. June 17, 1995.
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