Cormac McCarthy, the renowned American fiction writer, passed away on June 13th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the age of 89. Over a career spanning 60 years, McCarthy was best known as a novelist who achieved fame relatively late in his trajectory with works such as “Blood Meridian” (1985), “All the Pretty Horses” (1992), “No Country for Old Men” (2005), and “The Road” (2006).
McCarthy’s death has prompted an outpouring of praise for his work in corporate media. A. O. Scott of the New York Times hailed McCarthy for “redefining American prose” and placed him on par with Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth. CNN’s Dakin Andone called McCarthy “among the greatest American authors.” In a March 2023 article published prior to McCarthy’s death, The Nation managed to compare him to Aeschylus, Euripides, Shakespeare, CCormac McCarthy, the renowned American fiction writer, passed away on June 13th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the age of 89. Over a career spanning 60 years, McCarthy was best known as a novelist who achieved fame relatively late in his trajectory with works such as “Blood Meridian” (1985), “All the Pretty Horses” (1992), “No Country for Old Men” (2005), and “The Road” (2006).
McCarthy’s death has prompted an outpouring of praise for his work in corporate media. A. O. Scott of the New York Times hailed McCarthy for “redefining American prose” and placed him on par with Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth. CNN’s Dakin Andone called McCarthy “among the greatest American authors.” In a March 2023 article published prior to McCarthy’s death, The Nation managed to compare him to AeschylCormac McCarthy, the renowned American fiction writer, passed away on June 13th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the age of 89. Over a career spanning 60 years, McCarthy was best known as a novelist who achieved fame relatively late in his trajectory with works such as “Blood Meridian” (1985), “All the Pretty Horses” (1992), “No Country for Old Men” (2005), and “The Road” (2006).
McCarthy’s death has prompted an outpouring of praise for his work in corporate media. A. O. Scott of the New York Times hailed McCarthy for “redefining American prose” and placed him on par with Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth. CNN’s Dakin Andone called McCarthy “among the greatest American authors.” In a March 2023 article published prior to McCarthy’s death, The Nation managed to compare him to Aeschylus, Euripides, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Bach, Mozart, and Thomas Mann.
Cormac McCarthy attends the premiere of “The Road” in New York on November 16, 2009 [AP Photo/Evan Agostini]
Cormac McCarthy is a writer whose undeniable artistic abilities were fatally undermined both by the pessimistic, ahistorical, and irrationalist ideological concepts that dominate his work and by the generally reactionary political and cultural climate in which he ultimately rose to fame.
While McCarthy genuinely attempted to develop the styles of writers such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, his works are so steeped
How did Cormac McCarthy gain recognition as a novelist later in his life?
Cormac McCarthy, the highly esteemed American fiction writer, died on June 13th at his residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 89 years old. With a career that encompassed six decades, McCarthy gained recognition as a novelist who achieved success later in his life. Some of his most notable works include “Blood Meridian” (1985), “All the Pretty Horses” (1992), “No Country for Old Men” (2005), and “The Road” (2006).
Following his passing, numerous voices from the media industry expressed admiration for McCarthy’s literary contributions. A. O. Scott from the New York Times applauded McCarthy for revolutionizing American prose and ranked him alongside Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth. CNN’s Dakin Andone referred to McCarthy as one of the greatest American authors. Additionally, The Nation drew a comparison between McCarthy and renowned dramatic playwrights Aeschylus, Euripides, and Shakespeare in a March 2023 article published before McCarthy’s demise.
