Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.) is an American writer who has written twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. He is known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary American writers.
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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
| Born | 20 July 1933 |
| Died | 13 June 2023 |
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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
| Born | 20 July 1933 |
| Died | 13 June 2023 |
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Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, westerns, Fiction, coming of age, Texas, fiction, Large type books, Mexico, fiction, Motion picture plays, New mexico, fiction, Tennessee, fiction, Drama, Fiction, southern, New York Times bestseller, Ranch life, American literature, Boys, Drug traffic, Fathers and sons, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, dystopian, Fiction, family life, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, science fiction, generalPlaces
Mexican-American Border Region, Texas, East Tennessee, Mexico, New Mexico, Tennessee, Appalachia, Hidalgo County, Hidalgo County (N.M.), Hidalgo County (Nuevo México), Hildalgo County (N.M.), Knoxville (Tenn.), Los Alamos (N.M.), Louisville (Ky.), Mexican- American Border Region, New Orleans (La.), Pass Christian (Miss.), Tennessee River, United States, Wartburg (Tenn.), the SouthPeople
Alicia Western (fictional character), Bobby Western (fictional character), Debussy Fields (fictional character), John Sheddan (fictional character), The Thalidomide Kid (fictional character), The boy, the manID Numbers
- OLID: OL28104A
- Amazon ID: B000APT0OW
- BookBrainz: 30ef2519-7503-4e2c-9f72-31eab741f8e9
- GoodReads: 4178
- ISNI: 0000000121259060
- IMDb: nm0565092
- Library of Congress Names: n82028392
- LibraryThing: mccarthycormac-1
- MusicBrainz: 1904173a-8508-47ca-9880-51dfd363acfd
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV086000
- VIAF: 29558386
- Wikidata: Q272610
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q272610
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Alternative names
- Cormac Mccarthy
- Mccarthy Cormac
- McCarthy Cormac
- cormac-mccarthy
- mccarthy-cormac
- CORMAC MCCARTHY
- MCCARTHY,CORMAC
- Cormac Mc Carthy