Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933-2023) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Cormac McCarthy 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.
Cormac McCarthy is read about 4,145 times a day, in 62 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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2023Died13 June 20232009Tähtivaeltaja AwardAward2008Ignotus Award for Best Foreign NovelAward2007Pulitzer Prize for FictionAward2006Believer Book AwardAwardJames Tait Black Memorial PrizeAward1992National Book Award for FictionAwardNational Book Critics Circle Award for FictionAward1981MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1980Lillian Smith Book AwardAward1976Guggenheim FellowshipAward1969Guggenheim FellowshipAward1933Born20 July 1933
People around Cormac
Close ties
William Faulkner Influenced Cormac
Nick Wechsler Produced The Road (2009)
Ridley Scott Directed The Counselor (2013)
Javier Bardem Cormac wrote No Country for Old Men (2008)
Tommy Lee Jones Cormac wrote No Country for Old Men (2008)
Billy Bob Thornton Directed All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Mark Cuban Produced The Road (2009)
Garret Dillahunt Cormac wrote No Country for Old Men (2008)
Rubén Blades Cormac wrote The Counselor (2013)
Paolo Bacigalupi Influenced by Cormac
Scott Rudin Produced No Country for Old Men (2007)
John Hillcoat Directed The Road (2009)
Justin Cronin Influenced by Cormac
Jack Ketchum Influenced by Cormac
Sally Menke Produced All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Ethan Coen Directed No Country for Old Men (2007)
Joel Coen Directed No Country for Old Men (2007)- Barry Hannah Influenced by Cormac
Philipp Meyer Influenced by Cormac
Richard Pearce Directed The Gardener's Son (1977)- Jonathan Gordon Produced All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Bradford Morrow Influenced by Cormac
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The Orchard Keeper (1965), McCarthy's first novel
McCarthy (age 35; 1968).
First edition of McCarthy's tenth novel, The Road (2006), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction![McCarthy wrote all of his fiction and correspondence with a single Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter between the early 1960s and 2009. At that time he replaced it with an identical model.[85]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Olivetti_Lettera_32_Typewriter.jpg/500px-Olivetti_Lettera_32_Typewriter.jpg)
McCarthy wrote all of his fiction and correspondence with a single Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter between the early 1960s and 2009. At that time he replaced it with an identical model.[85]Awards
About this person
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.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2023 · aged 89
