Joe R. Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. He has also written for comics as well as '.
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| - Joe R. Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. He has also written for comics as well as '.
Frequent features of Lansdale's writing are usually deeply ironic, strange or absurd situations or characters, such as Elvis and JFK battling a soul-sucking Ancient Egyptian mummy in a nursing home (the plot of his Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella, "Bubba Ho-Tep," which was made into a movie by Don Coscarelli). He is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and six Bram Stoker Awards. The World Horror Convention recently made him the recipient of the 2007 Grand Master Award for contributions to the field of Horror fiction. [http://www.whc2007.org/]
He is perhaps best known for his "Hap and Leonard" series of novels which feature two friends, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, who live in the town of Laborde, Texas and find themselves solving a variety of often unpleasant crimes. The characters themselves are an unlikely pairing; Hap is a white working class laborer in his mid forties, and Leonard is a gay black man. Both of them are accomplished fighters, and the stories (told from Hap's narrative point of view) feature a great deal of violence, profanity and sex. Lansdale paints a picture of East Texas which is essentially "good" but blighted by racism, ignorance, urban and rural deprivation and corruption in public officials. Some of the subject matter is extremely dark, and has included pedophilia and anti-gay violence. However, the novels are also characterised by sharp humour and "wisecracking" dialogue.
He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he also teaches at his own Shen Chuan martial arts school. In addition he is an adjunct instructor at Stephen F. Austin University. He is also a member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. (en)
- Joe R. Lansdale (* 28. Oktober 1951 in Gladewater, Texas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. (de)
- Joe R. Lansdale (s. 28. lokakuuta 1951 Gladewater) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, käsikirjoittaja ja itsepuolustuksen opettaja. Hänen tuotantonsa on laaja ja monimuotoinen, sisältäen muun muassa tieteiskirjallisuutta, kauhua, lännenkertomuksia ja dekkareita. Lansdale oli yksi 1980-luvun kauhukirjallisuuden, ja erityisesti splatterpunkiksi kutsutun äärimmäisen väkivaltaisen ja nihilistisen kauhukirjallisuuden tyylisuuntauksen, tärkeimmistä kirjailijoista. Hänet on palkittu useasti muun muassa arvostetulla Bram Stoker-palkinnolla.
Myöhemmässä tuotannossaan Lansdale on keskittynyt ns. kovaksikeitettyihin dekkareihin. Landsdale sijoittaa tarinansa usein kotiseuduilleen Teksasiin ja käyttää erittäin värikästä kieltä ja hahmoja yhteiskunnallisia ja asenteellisia vääryyksiä satiirisesti käsittelevissä teoksissaan. Hänen tunnetuinta tuotantoaan on Hap ja Leonard -sarja, joka on myös suomennettu.
Lansdale on myös tunnettu itsepuolustusasiantuntija. Hän omistaa oman budo-koulun kotikaupungissaan Nacogdochesissa, jossa opetus on keskittynyt Lansdalen kehittämän Shen Chuan -itsepuolustustyylin ympärille. (fi)
- Trasferitosi ancora bambino assieme alla sua famiglia nella vicina Nacogdoches (cittadina che sarà protagonista di alcuni suoi romanzi futuri), sin da giovane viene influenzato ("Il Texas è uno stato mentale" avrà modo di dire) dalla mentalità ferrea delle genti texane.
Già all'età di nove anni scrive brevi articoli per il giornale locale. (it)
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| - Joe Lansdale in 2007. (en)
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| - Joe R. Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. He has also written for comics as well as '. (en)
- Joe R. Lansdale (* 28. Oktober 1951 in Gladewater, Texas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. (de)
- Joe R. Lansdale (s. 28. lokakuuta 1951 Gladewater) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, käsikirjoittaja ja itsepuolustuksen opettaja. Hänen tuotantonsa on laaja ja monimuotoinen, sisältäen muun muassa tieteiskirjallisuutta, kauhua, lännenkertomuksia ja dekkareita. Lansdale oli yksi 1980-luvun kauhukirjallisuuden, ja erityisesti splatterpunkiksi kutsutun äärimmäisen väkivaltaisen ja nihilistisen kauhukirjallisuuden tyylisuuntauksen, tärkeimmistä kirjailijoista. (fi)
- Trasferitosi ancora bambino assieme alla sua famiglia nella vicina Nacogdoches (cittadina che sarà protagonista di alcuni suoi romanzi futuri), sin da giovane viene influenzato ("Il Texas è uno stato mentale" avrà modo di dire) dalla mentalità ferrea delle genti texane. Già all'età di nove anni scrive brevi articoli per il giornale locale. (it)
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