Cormac McCarthy
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.
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Emerging from a childhood split between Providence and Knoxville, he left the University of Tennessee for the Air Force before returning to study English, experiences that shaped his literary voice. A MacArthur Fellowship enabled his research in the Southwest, leading to the acclaimed Blood Meridian, while later works such as All the Pretty Horses earned both the National Book Award and the Nation…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources