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Borden Deal (Loyse Youth Deal) was born on 12 October, 1922 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S., is an American writer. Discover Borden Deal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Loyse Youth Deal
Occupation Author
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 12 October, 1922
Birthday 12 October
Birthplace Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death 1985
Died Place Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Babs H. Deal (m. 1952–1975)

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1922

Borden Deal (October 12, 1922 – January 22, 1985) was an American novelist and short story writer.

Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought forest fires in the Pacific Northwest.

Before he began writing, he worked on a showboat, hauled sawdust for a lumber mill, harvested wheat, was an auditor for the United States Department of Labor, a telephone solicitor, copywriter, and an anti-aircraft fire control instructor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

1946

In 1946, Deal enrolled in the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

While there he published his first short story, "Exodus".

His creative writing professor was Hudson Strode.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree within three years, then enrolled in Mexico City College for graduate study.

1949

He married his first wife, Lilian Slobotsky (variously Slobotzky), while studying in Mexico in 1949.

According to one source, the couple had one daughter before the marriage ended in divorce.

1952

In 1952 he married his second wife, Babs Hodges (1929–2004), who was also a published author.

1956

It was not until 1956 that Deal decided to become a full-time writer.

Among the pseudonyms he used were Loyse Deal, Lee Borden, Leigh Borden, and Michael Sunga.

A prolific writer, Deal penned twenty-one novels and more than one hundred short stories, many of which appeared in McCall's, Collier's, Saturday Review, and Good Housekeeping.

His work has been translated into twenty different languages.

A major theme in his canon is man's mystical attachment to the earth and his quest for land, inspired by his family's loss of their property during the Great Depression.

The majority of his work is set in the small hamlets of the Deep South.

His novel The Insolent Breed served as the basis for the Broadway musical A Joyful Noise.

His novel Dunbar's Cove was the basis for the plot of the film Wild River, starring Lee Remick and Montgomery Clift.

1970

From 1970 Deal also published, under the name "Anonymous", a series of erotic novels with pronoun titles such as Her and Him.

However, after death, he is mostly remembered for his short story Antaeus.

Deal was married three times.

1975

They had one son and two daughters before divorcing in 1975.

1984

He was survived by his third wife, Patricia, whom he married in 1984.

1985

Deal died of a heart attack in Sarasota, Florida on January 22, 1985, aged 62.

The papers of Borden and Babs Hodges Deal are held at Boston University.