Mr.
Cormac McCarthy
(
–
)
1933
2023
El Paso, TX
Writer (novelist, playwright)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
1994
Cormac McCarthy is an American writer who has written twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and two short stories, spanning the Western and post-apocalyptic genres. He is well known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by sparse use of punctuation and attribution.
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