Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.;^[1] July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.^[2]

Cormac McCarthy
McCarthy (1968)
Born	Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. (1933-07-20)July 20, 1933 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	June 13, 2023(2023-06-13) (aged 89) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, playwright, screenwriter
Nationality	American
Genre	Southern gothic, western, post-apocalyptic
Notable works	Suttree (1979) Blood Meridian (1985) All the Pretty Horses (1992) No Country for Old Men (2005) The Road (2006)
Spouse	Lee Holleman ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1962)​ Annie DeLisle ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1981)​ Jennifer Winkley ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2006)​
Children	2
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McCarthy's fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985), was on Time magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language books published since 1923.^[3]

As of 1991, none of McCarthy's novels had sold more than 5,000 hardcover copies, and "for most of his career, he did not even have an agent".^[2] He was called the "best unknown novelist in America".^[2]

For All the Pretty Horses (1992), he won both the U.S. National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. His 2005 novel No Country for Old Men was made as a 2007 movie of the same name, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.^[4]

In 2007, McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

McCarthy died on June 13, 2023 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 89.^[5]