Carson McCullers

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American writer essayist human novelist playwright short story writer

Carson McCullers was an American novelist and short story writer known for her haunting explorations of loneliness, identity, and the human condition in the mid-20th-century American South.

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McCullers ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American writer → essayist → human → novelist → playwright → short story writer →
birthName	Lula Carson Smith →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1917-02-19 →
dateOfDeath	1967-09-29 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → New York University →
familyName	McCullers → Smith →
genre	Southern Gothic → drama → novel → short story →
givenName	Carson → Lula →
influenced	Tennessee Williams → Truman Capote →
influencedBy	Fyodor Dostoevsky → William Faulkner →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Southern literature →
name	Carson McCullers →
notableWork	Clock Without Hands → Reflections in a Golden Eye → The Ballad of the Sad Café → The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter → The Member of the Wedding →
occupation	essayist → novelist → playwright → short story writer →
placeOfBirth	Columbus, Georgia, United States →
placeOfDeath	Nyack, New York, United States →
residence	Columbus, Georgia, United States → Nyack, New York, United States →
settingOfWork	American South →
sexualOrientation	bisexual →
spouse	Reeves McCullers →
theme	identity → isolation → loneliness → the human condition →
timePeriodOfWork	mid-20th century →
workLocation	New York City →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Southern Gothic →	associatedWithAuthor
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter →	author
Carson McCullers ("McCullers") →	familyName
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter →	firstNovelOf
Carson McCullers →	name