> His most famous novel remains ‘A sport and a pastime’ (‘a sport and a hobby’), a short work published in 1967. AP / FILE
- It was a master analyst of human relations, admired for his sophisticated prose
His wife, Kay Eldredge, confirmed the death of New York media, but did not specify the cause of death
Salter’s wife, Kay Eldredge, confirmed his death to the Daily, but did not specify the cause of death.
Member of the same generation as Richard Yates, by Richard Ford regarded teacher and a student at the military academy of West Point (New York) Two years behind Jack Kerouac , Salter It was not the most popular of them all, but time will increasingly appreciated and authors began to cite reference.
His most famous novel is still “A Sport and a Pastime” (“A Sport and a hobby”), a short work published in 1967 on an intense affair in France is today considered a classic erotica.
The awards he received were for his short stories: won the PEN Book Award for “Dusk and Other Stories” (1988) collection and received two tributes short stories written throughout his career: the Rea Award and the PEN / Malamud Award.
Far from being obsessed with being prolific, Salter worked slowly and carefully, and throughout his life only published six novels and two collections of short stories.
In April 2014, Salter spoke in an interview about his life and work, shortly after publishing “All That Is” (“Everything there”), his first novel since 1979.
“I do not think many of my ideas have changed much, but my writing. I deliberately left philosophy behind, have written more directly, without metaphors. With age the poetry disappears, the capacity is lost to the surprise and amazement. But the energy I have, “he said Salter.
The writer born in Manhattan (New York) in 1925, who turned 90 just ten days ago, claimed in the interview that follows thinking the same thing he wrote in 1975 in his novel “Light Years” that life left in the anteroom to the knowledge and surrenders to the passion, energy and lies.
He recognized, too, the weight they had in his career eroticism and sensuality that marked his novel 1967.
“Sex is for me something of immense importance, but the kind of importance that flows naturally, does not generate questions, “he said.
Twice married with five children, Salter discovered that he wanted to be a writer during his time in the US Army, who left in 1957, years after graduating from West Point Military Academy and becoming a pilot during the war Korean.
In 2014, Salter was nominated for the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, which finally went to the Irish John Banville.
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