The screenplay for Brokeback Mountain was co-written by somebody who had won a Pulitzer Lonesome Dove decidedly different cowboy romance Who?

The screenplay for Brokeback Mountain was co-written by Larry McMurtry, who had won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel Lonesome Dove.

While Lonesome Dove is a classic Western novel, it's a decidedly different kind of cowboy romance than Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove focuses on a friendship between two aging cowboys, while Brokeback Mountain tells a tragic love story between two men who are forced to keep their feelings hidden due to societal pressure.