Cormac McCarthy

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American writer human novelist playwright screenwriter

Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and violent, existential explorations of the American South and West in works such as "Blood Meridian" and "The Road."

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
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 ⓘ
birthName Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-06-13 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ
surface form: University of Tennessee
familyName McCarthy ⓘ
fullName Cormac McCarthy self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
Western fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influenced contemporary American novelists ⓘ
influencedBy Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Herman Melville ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
notableAwardWork All the Pretty Horses ⓘ
The Road ⓘ
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 ⓘ
The Stonemason ⓘ
The Sunset Limited ⓘ
placeOfBirth Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
primarySettingOfWorks Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West
pseudonym Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
residence El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Anne DeLisle ⓘ
Jennifer Winkley ⓘ
Lee Holleman ⓘ
writingStyle bleak and lyrical prose ⓘ

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Southern Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → fullName → Cormac McCarthy self-link ⓘ
Flannery O'Connor → hasInfluenced → Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → pseudonym → Cormac McCarthy ⓘ