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Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 20 July 1933
- Died
- 13 June 2023
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Santa Fe
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- McCarthy
- Father
- Charles J. McCarthy
- Field of work
- drama, prose, film screenwriting, film
- Occupation
- novelist, playwright, writer, film screenwriter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Lillian Smith Book Award, Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Believer Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Tähtivaeltaja Award, Q137449821
- archives at
- Wittliff collections
- birth name
- Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.
- described by source
- The Cormac McCarthy Journal
- employer
- Santa Fe Institute
- end of work period
- 2022
- influenced by
- William Faulkner
- military branch
- United States Air Force
- name in native language
- Cormac McCarthy
- named after
- Charles J. McCarthy
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel
- notable work
- Suttree, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Border Trilogy, No Country for Old Men, The Road, Stella Maris, The Passenger
- number of children
- 2
- represented by
- Amanda Urban
- residence
- Providence, Knoxville, Alaska, Knoxville, Chicago, Knoxville, Sevier County, Asheville, New Orleans, Knoxville, Ireland, Paris
- start of work period
- 1965
- topic's main category
- Category:Cormac McCarthy
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