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John Rechy

John Rechy

Born: 1931-03-10 • El Paso, Texas, USA

John Francisco Rechy is a Mexican American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic. In his novels he has written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matters, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. His debut novel, City of Night, published in 1963, was a best seller and is widely considered a seminal work in 20th century literature.

Filmography
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press poster
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 • Self
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts poster
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
1979 • Self