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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.
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 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...
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, 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...
Jun 13, 2023 · 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 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lyrical and often brutally violent novels propelled him to the first ranks of American fiction, immersing readers in scenes of...
Jun 13, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy, the acclaimed fiction writer whose books were regarded as American masterpieces by critics and legions of fans but who refused to offer insight into what had inspired them or...
Sep 6, 2023 · Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island on July 20th, 1933, as Charles McCarthy, after his father. Stories conflict about why he changed his name, but he went by Cormac early in life, and the name stuck. Soon after he was born, his family moved to Tennessee, where he was raised and attended school. He sang in choir and was a cartoonist for his ...
