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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, 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...
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...
Jun 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, long considered one of America’s greatest writers for his violent and bleak depictions of the United States and its borderlands in novels like “Blood Meridian,” “The...
Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist and playwright. He wrote twelve novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres and also wrote plays and screenplays.
Jun 16, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who wrote 12 novels spanning historical and speculative fiction. Discover his distinctive style, themes and characters, from the southern gothic to the post-apocalyptic.
