Iconic American author Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to his publisher. he was 89 years old.
McCarthy earned acclaim for his lyrical style, vast vocabulary, and haunting portraits of evil and despair.
BREAKING: Cormac McCarthy, a prominent voice in American literature for much of the past half-century, died today at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, his publisher Knopf confirmed. he was 89 years old. Please follow me completely.
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first winner of MacArthur “Genius” GrantMr McCarthy National Critics Circle Award In the 1992 novel All the Pretty Horses, Pulitzer Prize Her critically acclaimed 2006 novel, The Road, among others.
His other works include Child of God (1973), Blood Meridian (1985), play The Sunset Limited (2006) and screenplay for the 2013 film The Counselor. there is. In 2006, the Coen brothers’ adaptation of McCarthy’s novel No Country for Old Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture. (RELATED: Learn How to Write Your Own Fiction Novels with These Online Classes)
After news of McCarthy’s death broke, Stephen King did the following: twitterdescribed him as “probably the greatest American novelist of my time.”
McCarthy’s last two novels, Passengers and Stella Maris, published in October and November 2022 respectively.
The reclusive author generally avoided interviews and avoided book tours and speaking events, according to the magazine. washington post.
