Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-12-10
Day of Death
2013-10-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Also Known As
Jack Richard Salamanca
J. R. Salamanca
Biography
Jack Richard Salamanca was a US writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. His first novel, The Lost Country (1958), was made into Wild in the Country, a 1961 film starring Elvis Presley; his second, Lilith, was filmed as Lilith in 1964, starring Warren Beatty.