Tito Perdue
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Tito Perdue | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Sewell, Chile |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
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Tito Perdue (born 1938) is an American writer. His works include his 1991 debut novel Lee.
Life
Perdue was born in Chile to American parents. He was brought up in Anniston, Alabama. He married his wife Judy when he was 18. He has degrees in English literature, European history and library science. He has worked as a bookkeeper, a library administrator and an apprentice insurance underwriter throughout the Midwest and Northeast, before he moved back to the South in 1982 to pursue a career as a full-time writer.[1]
Work
Perdue's Sweet-Scented Manuscript was completed within a year of his "retirement," but was not published until 2004 when it was issued by Baskerville Pres). The novel is a love story that attempts to convey the impressions and yearnings of an 18-year-old boy, Leland Pefley, in his first exploration of the world; the novel is largely autobiographical. Perdue's next novel,
In the pages of Kirkus Reviews it was said Perdue "writes convincingly and iconoclastically… a marvelous black comedy that is sometimes as astringent as John Yount's Toots in Solitude…"[2]
Political opinions
Perdue is a member of the League of the South.[1]
Publications
- ISBN 978-1-58567-872-3.
- The New Austerities – Peachtree Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-56145-086-2.
- Opportunities in Alabama Agriculture – Baskerville Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-880909-24-9.
- The Sweet-Scented Manuscript – Baskerville Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-880909-68-3.
- Fields of Asphodel – Overlook Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58567-871-6.
- The Node – Nine-Banded Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61658-351-4.
- Morning Crafts – Arktos, 2013. ISBN 978-1-907166-57-0.
References
- ^ a b c Knipfel, Jim (June 12, 2001). "Tito Perdue: America's Lost Literary Genius". New York Press. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ "Lee by Tito Perdue". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 1991. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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