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Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres.
Jul 20, 1998 · Cormac McCarthy, American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American South and Southwest are noted for their dark violence, dense prose, and stylistic complexity. He won a Pulitzer Prize for The Road. Learn more about McCarthy’s life and work.
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Jun 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of...
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- June 13, 2023
- July 20, 1933
- The Road.
- No Country for Old Men.
- Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West.
- All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
Jun 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, was renowned for stark and violent novels of the American South and West that were distinguished by a merciless vision and nearly...
Jun 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, one of the great novelists of American literature, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 89. His death was confirmed via a statement from his...
Jun 14, 2023 · Despite global fame, Cormac McCarthy was said to be a very private man. Tributes have been paid to US Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, who has died at the age of 89. McCarthy's...
