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Cormac McCarthy

Also known as Charles McCarthy, Charles Joseph McCarthy

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

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Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter whose works, written across seven decades, earned him recognition as one of the most significant literary figures of his time. His writing is widely studied and celebrated for its distinctive style and thematic depth, making him an important figure in American literature.

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Born: 20 July 1933
Died: 13 June 2023
Works: 107

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1933-07-20
Active to: 2023-06-13

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Listeners: 4,871
Total plays: 113,921

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Quotes

“There's no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.”
“I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
“I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.”
“Yes, he said. I busted him and he busted me. That's fair, ain't it?The boy was still silent, calmly incredulous.No, Sylder went on, I ain't forgettin about jail. You think because he arrested me that throws it off again I reckon? I don't. It's his job. It's what he gets paid for. To arrest people that break the law. And I didn't jest break the law, I made a livin at it.”
“The man sat watching the road, the weedstem twirling in his mouth and the threadthin shadow of it going long and short upon his face like a sundial's hand beneath a sun berserk.”
“And as he lay there a far crack of lightning went bluely down the sky and bequeathed him in an embryonic bird's first fissured vision of the world and transpiring instant and outrageous from dark to dark a final view of the grotto and the shapeless white plasm struggling upon the rich and incunabular moss like a lank swamp hare.”

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Official website: cormacmccarthybooks.com
Image: Cormac McCarthy (Child of God author portrait - high-res).jpg
Number of children: 2

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date of birth: 1933-07-20
Commons category: Cormac McCarthy
birth name: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.
start of work period: 1965-00-00
name in native language: Cormac McCarthy
date of death: 2023-06-13
end of work period: 2022-00-00

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Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is characterized by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.

McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, although he was raised primarily in Tennessee. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Tennessee, but dropped out to join the U.S. Air Force. His debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Awarded literary grants, McCarthy was able to travel to southern Europe, where he wrote his second novel, Outer Dark (1968). Suttree (1979), like his other early novels, received generally positive reviews, but was not a commercial success. A MacArthur Fellowship enabled him to travel to the American Southwest, where he researched and wrote his fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985). Although it initially garnered a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it has since been regarded as his magnum opus, with some labeling it the Great American Novel.