John Nichols died on Wednesday in Taos, New Mexico. He was 83, Deadline reported.
He wrote more than a dozen books, including `The Milagro Beanfield War` and `The Sterile Cuckoo,` both of which were adapted into films by renowned directors.
`The Milagro Beanfield War` was co-written by Nichols, whose writings frequently dealt with issues of small-town New Mexico and social injustice.
It became a 1988 film produced and directed by Robert Redford, focusing on a conflict between largely Latino farmers and local politicians and real estate developers.
The jazzy score by Dave Grusin won an <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hollywood-news/article/oscars-2023-this-actually-happened-23275112" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Oscar </a>for the film, which starred Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, and Sonia Braga.
Alan J. Pakula adapted Nichols` breakthrough novel `The Sterile Cuckoo` into a film four years later. It starred Liza Minnelli as Pookie, a quirky but honest woman who falls in love with a young man (Wendell Burton) right before he leaves for college.
According to Deadline, Nichols` novels include his sophomore attempt `The Wizard of Loneliness,` which was adapted into a 1988 film director Jenny Bowen starring Lukas Haas and Lea Thompson. `The Magic Journey` and `The Nirvana Blues,` combined with `The Milagro Beanfield War,` comprised his "New Mexico trilogy."
Nichols has written more than a half-dozen nonfiction books, including `I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer,` which was published last year.
He was also a social justice campaigner and the subject of Kurt Jacobsen`s 2012 feature documentary `The Milagro Man: The Irrepressible Multicultural Life and Literary Times of John Nichols.` The film, which is based on a long interview with the author, provides an intimate account of his creative literary process.&nbsp;
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`The Milagro Beanfield War` was co-written by Nichols, whose writings frequently dealt with issues of small-town New Mexico and social injustice

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