Carson McCullers
American writer (1917-1967) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 50
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes.
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1994Georgia Women of AchievementAward1967Died29 September 19671946Guggenheim FellowshipAward1942Guggenheim FellowshipAward1917Born19 February 1917
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Most are set in the Deep South.
Country
United States
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Writers
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1917 to 1967 · aged 50
