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Max Evans

1925 – 2020

American writer of Western fiction

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Lived 1925 – 2020 (aged 94–95). Max Evans was an American writer and novelist.

Max Evans (August 29, 1924 – August 26, 2020) was an American writer best known for Western fiction. He was the author of more than 27 fiction and nonfiction books over a 60-year writing career. His first novel, The Rounders, was published in 1960 and was made into a film in 1965. In 1998, his novel The Hi-Lo Country was also made into a film. His last book, The King of Taos, was published in 2020. Evans received several awards from the Western Writers of America and was inducted into the WWA Hall of Fame in 2015.

Evans was born into a ranching family in Ropesville, Texas, and grew up in West Texas and northeastern New Mexico. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and participated in the Normandy landings in 1944. After the war, he returned to New Mexico to find that the traditional cowboy way of life with which he was familiar was dying out. He tried various occupations including painting before turning to literature. and a 2017 documentary by the same name.

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1925
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Died
2020
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Who was Max Evans?

American writer of Western fiction

When was Max Evans born?

Max Evans was born in 1925.

When did Max Evans die?

Max Evans died in 2020.

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Max Evans was a writer and novelist.

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Max Evans was American.

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· Wikipedia: Max Evans

· Wikidata: Q56000829

· DBpedia: Max Evans (writer)

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