Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He was born on 20 July 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up mainly in Tennessee. He died on 13 June 2023.

His early novels were set in the southern Appalachian region, and he later turned to the American Southwest and the border with Mexico. His books are known for their stark landscapes, violence, moral questioning and a prose style that is both biblical and plain, often with little punctuation. He worked quietly and gave few interviews, and his reputation grew slowly before wide success in the 1990s and after. His novels are read for their reflections on fate, cruelty, loyalty and the search for meaning, and he is regarded as one of the major American writers of his time.