William Peter Blatty
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| - | '''William Peter Blatty''' (born [[January 7]], [[1928]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[writer]] and [[filmmaker]]. He wrote the [[novel]] ''[[The Exorcist]]'' (1971) and the [[The Exorcist (film)|subsequent screenplay version]] for which he won an [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay#1970s|Academy Award]]. | + | '''William Peter Blatty''' (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]].'' |
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| + | After the success of ''The Exorcist'', Blatty reworked ''[[Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane|Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane!]]'' (1960) into a new novel titled ''[[The Ninth Configuration]]'', published in 1978. Two years later, Blatty adapted the novel into a film of the same title. Some of his other notable works are the novels ''[[Elsewhere (Blatty novel)|Elsewhere]]'' (2009), ''[[Dimiter]]'' (2010) and ''[[Crazy (novel)|Crazy]]'' (2010). | ||
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William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist.
After the success of The Exorcist, Blatty reworked Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! (1960) into a new novel titled The Ninth Configuration, published in 1978. Two years later, Blatty adapted the novel into a film of the same title. Some of his other notable works are the novels Elsewhere (2009), Dimiter (2010) and Crazy (2010).
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