Person DS/UK/328 Gustav; Hasford (1947-1993); Writer Gustav Hasford 1947-1993 Writer

American. Hasford joined the United States Marine Corps in 1967, serving as a combat correspondent during the Vietnam War. His semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers was later made into the film Full Metal Jacket. The film's screenplay, nominated for an Academy Award, was authored by director Stanley Kubrick, writer Michael Herr, and by Hasford himself, although his exact contributions were a subject of dispute among the three and ultimately Hasford chose to skip the Oscar ceremonies. Hasford associated with various science fiction writers of the 1970s (including Arthur Byron Cover and David J. Skal), published in magazines and anthologies such as Space and Time and Damon Knight's Orbit, and briefly shared an apartment with author Harlan Ellison. A bibliophile, Hasford was arrested in 1988 in San Luis Obispo for stealing some 10,000 books from libraries across America and England. Hasford claimed that he had "borrowed" the works to research a never-published book on the American Civil War. He served three months of a six-month sentence and promised to pay damages from the royalties to his next book, a sequel to The Short-Timers called The Phantom Blooper. Hasford's final novel, a detective story set in Los Angeles called A Gypsy Good Time, was published in 1992. It received little notice and Hasford, suffering from diabetes, moved to the island of Aegina off the coast of Greece. He died there of heart failure on January 29, 1993. 'Gustav Hasford was one of the most accomplished writers of Vietnam War fiction, yet today all three of his novels are out of print. He collaborated with Stanley Kubrick for three years on Full Metal Jacket, yet they met in person only once, where Kubrick leaned over to Michael Herr during dinner and said, "I can't deal with this man." Gustav Hasford was a voracious reader and history buff who could talk at length on any number of subjects, yet he did not even graduate high school because he refused to take his graduation exams. He was a true lover of books and despised those who did not properly care for them, yet in 1988 he was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing 748 books from nine libraries throughout the country. He maintained lifelong friendships with his fellow combat correspondents of the First Marine Division, the self-proclaimed Snuffies. As a struggling writer, he associated with various 1970s sci-fi scribes, even living with famed novelist Harlan Ellison for a time. Yet he died alone, living in a cheap motel on the island of Aegina in Greece. ' http://www.gustavhasford.com/ International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Kstuckey 16/04/2009 Kstuckey 15/06/2009 1a1303fa-8a1f-483b-9e0b-c4ab87f1d0dd