Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Cormac McCarthy passes away

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Cormac McCarthy passes away

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Category : Obituaries Published on: June 17 2023

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  • Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Cormac McCarthy has died at the age of 89.
  • McCarthy’s first novel ‘The Orchard Keeper’ was published in 1965, his first commercially successful work was ‘All The Pretty Horses’. 
  • It got the National Book Award in 1992 and a movie based on the novel was released in 2000. 
  • McCarthy got the Pulitzer Prize for his novel ‘The Road’ in 2006.
  • His novel “No Country for Old Men” was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 2007.
  • McCarthy’s other crime thriller ‘The Counsellor’ was a successful film in which stars like Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz acted.
  • He went on to publish more than 20 novels, including “Blood Meridian,” “All the Pretty Horses,” and “Suttree.”
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