Cormac McCarthy, Bloodline and No Country for Old Men author, dead at 89

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Cormac McCarthy, American author known for writing blood lineAnd There is no country for old menAnd The Road, has passed away. An icon of US literature for seven decades, McCarthy passed away earlier today at his home in New Mexico. Publishers Weekly is giving word of the author’s death, writing in a tweet: “Breaking news: Cormac McCarthy, a preeminent voice in American literature for the better part of the past half century, passed away today at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His age was confirmed by publisher Knopf. 89 years old.

Born July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, McCarthy was known to readers for his specific writing style, which often included minimal punctuation. Although he published several novels in the 1960s and 1970s, it was in 1985 that he published Bloodline, a book that would define him as an author and give him a place in American literature forever. His follow-up, 1992’s All the Pretty Horses, was a hit, winning a National Book Award. In the past year, McCarthy has published two novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris, books that were released a month apart from each other.

McCarthy’s work has previously been adapted to the big screen many times. Released in 2000 from director Billy Bob Thornton and starring Matt Damon, All the Pretty Horses is the first feature film based on one of his works. No Country for Old Men was released in 2007 by The Coen Bros. Records. and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem; It would go on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The 2009 film The Road was directed by John Hillcoat and starred Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Finally, an adaptation of Child of God was written and directed by James Franco in 2013.

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