Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes.
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- Born in
- Columbus
- Educated at
- Columbus High SchoolColumbia UniversityNew York University
- Awards
- 🏆 Georgia Women of Achievement🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
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1917
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Birth1967
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