![]() Two years later, Blatty adapted the novel into a film of the same title and won Best Screenplay at the 38th Golden Globe Awards.īorn and raised in New York City, Blatty received his bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University in 1950, and his master's degree in English literature from the George Washington University. After the success of The Exorcist, Blatty reworked Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! (1960) into a new novel titled The Ninth Configuration, published in 1978. ![]() He was the original writer of the novels, Exorcist and Legion. He also wrote and directed the Exorcist III. ![]() William Peter Blatty was the famed writer and producer of The Exorcist and its film adaptation. ![]() “ We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops-which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.” William Peter Blatty on "The Exorcist": From Novel to Film ![]()
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