Hammett Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2005) Nominee
Cormac McCarthy
コーマック・マッカーシー
Kōmakku Makkāshī
Aliases:
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-07-20 （Providence, Rhode Island）
- Died
- 2023-06-13 （Santa Fe, New Mexico） age 89
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Knoxville, Tennessee → El Paso, Texas → Santa Fe, New Mexico → Louisville, Tennessee
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1965-2023
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute
- Memberships
- American Philosophical Society
- Influenced By
- William Faulkner, Herman Melville
- Influenced
- Harold Bloom, Contemporary American authors
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | — | Liberal Arts/English | — | 1951-1953, 1957-1959 | United States |
University of Tennessee
Liberal Arts/English
Period:
1951-1953, 1957-1959
Country:
United States
Attended but dropped out, no degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | The Road | — | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1992 | National Book Award | All the Pretty Horses | — | National Book Foundation | Winner |
| 1992 | National Book Critics Circle Award | All the Pretty Horses | — | National Book Critics Circle | Winner |
| 1981 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Fellow |
| 1966 | William Faulkner Foundation Award | The Orchard Keeper | — | William Faulkner Foundation | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2007
Work:
The Road
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
National Book Award
1992
Work:
All the Pretty Horses
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award
1992
Work:
All the Pretty Horses
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Winner
MacArthur Fellowship
1981
Organization:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result:
Fellow
William Faulkner Foundation Award
1966
Work:
The Orchard Keeper
Organization:
William Faulkner Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 88 (2006) Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 91 (2007) Winner
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (2007) Winner
Quill Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (2007) Winner
Tähtivaeltaja Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 24 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Blood Meridian
1985 Southern Gothic/WesternA violent tale set in the American Southwest in the 19th century.
ViolenceFateMyth
Adaptations
- [Film] Blood Meridian / John Hillcoat
The Road
2006 Post-apocalypticA father and son journey through a post-apocalyptic world.
SurvivalFather-son bondDespair
Adaptations
- [Film] The Road / John Hillcoat (2009)
No Country for Old Men
2005 Thriller/WesternA hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong.
ViolenceFateAging
Adaptations
- [Film] No Country for Old Men / Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2007)
Bibliography
- The Orchard Keeper (1965)
- Outer Dark (1968)
- Child of God (1973)
- Suttree (1979)
- Blood Meridian (1985)
- All the Pretty Horses (1992)
- The Crossing (1994)
- Cities of the Plain (1998)
- No Country for Old Men (2005)
- The Road (2006)
- The Passenger (2022)
- Stella Maris (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sparse use of punctuationNo quotation marks in dialoguePolysyndeton
- Recurring Motifs
- ViolenceFateMythic elementsHuman nature
Legacy
Regarded as one of the greatest American novelists, with Blood Meridian often cited as his magnum opus.
Archives
- Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
In Popular Culture
- Many works adapted into films
Quotes
-
There's no such thing as life without bloodshed.
Source: New York Times interview (1992)
Trivia
- Used an Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter for 50 years
- First TV interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2007