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John Nichols, a New York City transplant to New Mexico whose exuberant novels, notably “The Milagro Beanfield War,” transformed him from an urban gringo into a local idol, died on Monday at his home in Taos. Imbued with a heady pedigree and a peripatetic upbringing, Mr. Nichols evolved instinctively from a cosmopolitan New Yorker and world traveler to a Western writer of the purple sage. He was best known for “The Milagro Beanfield War” (1974), a 445-page political allegory that tells the story of farmers in the fictional town of Milagro Valley who are denied the right to irrigate their farms because water is being diverted to a huge development. “The Milagro Beanfield War” became a crowd pleaser on college campuses, was venerated in his adopted state, and for a while was considered among the most widely read novels about Latinos. In 1988 it was adapted into a film, directed by Robert Redford and starring Rubén Blades, Christopher Walken and Melanie Griffith.
Persons: John Nichols, , Tania Harris, Nichols, Robert Redford, Rubén Blades, Christopher Walken, Melanie Griffith Organizations: Yorker Locations: New York City, New Mexico, Taos, Western, Milagro
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Writer John Nichols, best known for his populist novel “The Milagro Beanfield War," has died. Nichols died Monday at home in Taos, New Mexico, amid declining health linked to a long-term heart condition, said daughter Tania Harris of Albuquerque. Nichols won early recognition with the 1965 publication of his offbeat love story “The Sterile Cuckoo,” later made into a movie starring Liza Minnelli. Political Cartoons View All 1270 Images“My sense it that he wrote that as a valentine to northern New Mexico. Nichols' published works include at least 13 novels along with nonfiction ranging from collected essays, original photography, a chronicle of his parents' early life and more.
Persons: John Nichols, Nichols, Monday, Tania Harris, Albuquerque, , Liza Minnelli, , Robert Redford, Rubén Blades, Christopher Walken, valentine, Stephen Hull, ” “, ” Hull Organizations: SANTA FE, University of New, University of New Mexico Press Locations: SANTA, Taos , New Mexico, Connecticut, New York, New York City, New Mexico, Truchas , New Mexico, Taos, Chama, University of New Mexico
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