Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.

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Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., better known as Cormac McCarthy, was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and works such as "Blood Meridian," "No Country for Old Men," and the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Road."

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instanceOf human
human
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Award for Fiction
National Book Critics Circle Award
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awardReceivedForWork All the Pretty Horses
surface form: National Book Award for Fiction: All the Pretty Horses

National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award: All the Pretty Horses

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Road
birthName Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. self-linksurface differs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1933-07-20
dateOfDeath 2023-06-13
educatedAt University of Tennessee system
surface form: University of Tennessee
familyName McCarthy
genre Southern Gothic
surface form: Southern Gothic fiction

Western fiction
apocalyptic fiction
novel
givenName Charles
influenced contemporary American novelists
influencedBy Herman Melville
William Faulkner
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Southern Gothic
Western literature
postmodern literature
notableWork All the Pretty Horses
Blood Meridian
Child of God
Cities of the Plain
No Country for Old Men
Outer Dark
Stella Maris
Suttree
The Crossing
The Orchard Keeper
The Passenger
The Road
occupation novelist
playwright
screenwriter
partOf American literature
placeOfBirth Providence, Rhode Island, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Fe, New Mexico
surface form: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
residence El Paso
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States

Knoxville, Tennessee
surface form: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Santa Fe, New Mexico
surface form: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
series Border Trilogy
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne DeLisle
Jennifer Winkley
Lee Holleman
writingStyle bleak and lyrical prose

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subject surface form: Cormac McCarthy