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John William Corrington was born on 28 October, 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, is an American screenwriter. Discover John William Corrington'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 56 years old?

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Occupation Screenwriter, novelist, poet, lawyer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 28 October, 1932
Birthday 28 October
Birthplace Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Date of death 24 November, 1988
Died Place Malibu, California, United States
Nationality United States

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His wife is Joyce Elaine Hooper (m. 1960)

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1932

John William Corrington (October 28, 1932 – November 24, 1988) was an American film and television writer, novelist, poet and lawyer.

A Roman Catholic, Corrington attended St. John's High School (now known as Loyola College Prep), but was expelled after smoking cigarettes on the front steps of the parish church next door.

Ultimately, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1956

He earned his B.A. degree from Centenary College in 1956 and his master of arts from Rice University in 1960, the year he took on his first teaching position in the English department at Louisiana State University.

1962

During this time Corrington published four books of poetry, Where We Are (1962), The Anatomy of Love (1964), Mr. Clean (1964), and Lines to the South (1965).

1965

While on leave from LSU, Corrington obtained his doctor of philosophy in 1965, from the University of Sussex, and then moved to Loyola University New Orleans in 1966, as an associate professor of English, where he also served as chair of the English department.

1966

With Miller Williams, Corrington edited Southern Writing in the Sixties: Fiction (1966) and Southern Writing in the Sixties: Poetry (1967).

1968

Corrington also published four books of short stories, The Lonesome Traveler (1968), The Actes and Monuments (1978), The Southern Reporter (1981) and All My Trials (1987) and four novels, And Wait for the Night (1964), The Upper Hand (1967), The Bombardier (1970), and Shad Sentell (1984).

1969

With his wife, Joyce, Corrington wrote five screenplays, Von Richthofen and Brown (1969), The Omega Man (1970), Boxcar Bertha (1971), The Arena (1972), and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) and a television film, The Killer Bees (1974).

1975

Corrington graduated from Tulane University Law School in 1975, joined a small New Orleans personal-injury law firm, Plotkin and Bradley, and spent the next three years practicing law.

1976

He won an award in fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts, and had a story included in the O. Henry Award Stories (1976) and three in the Best American Short Stories series, (1973, 1976, and 1977).

1978

Corrington gave up the practice of law in 1978, and his wife Joyce and he became head writers for daytime serials.

The Corringtons scripted Search for Tomorrow (1978–80), Another World (1980), Texas (1980–81), General Hospital (1982; hired by Gloria Monty), Capitol (1982–83, hired by John Conboy), and One Life to Live (1984).

1986

They also wrote and produced Superior Court, a syndicated series (1986–89).

Texas and Superior Court were each nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award.

During this time, the Corringtons also published So Small a Carnival (1986), A Project Named Desire (1987), A Civil Death (1987), and The White Zone (1990).

1990

After Bill Corrington's death, his novella, "Decoration Day", was adapted as a Hallmark Hall of Fame television special (1990), which was nominated for an Emmy and won a Christopher Award and a Golden Globe award.

The Collected Stories of John William Corrington was published in 1990, by the University of Missouri Press.

1991

Centenary College inaugurated an award in his name in 1991.