Washington 05 March (Lusa) – The American author Pat Conroy, author of “The Prince of Tides,” died on Friday, the 70-year-old in South Carolina, United States, revealed his publisher.
Conroy died of pancreatic cancer, according to Doubleday.
the writer, who grew up in a family with difficulties, used his own story as inspiration for his works, among which is “the prince of tides”, 1986, which was adapted for the screen.
According to the New York Times, the writer lived a “brutal” childhood due to a father “sadist” who beat his wife and imposed a military routine to seven children, who “abused unmercifully”, especially the older, Pat Conroy.
the book “the Great Santini” of 1976 is precisely inspired by his family and father figure, having been also been adapted to film in 1979 with Robert Duvall in the lead role.
“the prince of tides” was played in the film by Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand and received nominations for seven Oscars, including for best screenplay, that Pat Conroy was co-author.
the works of Pat Conroy were regularly in the lists of bestsellers in the uS .
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