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James Leo Herlihy (; February 27, 1927October 21, 1993) was an American novelist, playwright and actor. Herlihy is known for his novels ''Midnight Cowboy'' and ''All Fall Down'', and his play ''Blue Denim'', all of which were adapted for cinema. Other publications include ''The Season of the Witch'' and several short stories.〔 〕 ==Biography== Herlihy was born into a working class family in Detroit, Michigan in 1927. He was raised in Detroit and in Chillicothe, Ohio. He enlisted with the Navy in 1945 but never saw action due to the end of World War II. He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina for two years, where he studied sculpture. He then relocated to Southern California and attended the Pasadena Playhouse College of the Theatre.〔 He was gay and a good friend of playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), another trailblazing gay writer who wrote about taboo subjects. Williams served as a mentor to the younger writer.〔 Both spent a good deal of time in Key West, Florida. Like Williams, Herlihy also lived in New York City. Apart from Key West, the primary home of Herlihy was in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles.〔 Herlihy committed suicide at the age of 66, by taking an overdose of sleeping pills in Los Angeles.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Leo Herlihy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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