Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) 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 and most are set in the deep South. McCullers' work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. A stage adaptation of her novel The Member of the Wedding (1946), which captures a young girl's feelings at her brother's wedding, made a successful Broadway run in 1950–51.
Carson McCullers
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Karson Makkallers, کارسون مککولرز, Carson Smith MacCullers, and 32 others
Karsan Makkalers, Carson McCullersová, Κάρσον Μακ Κάλλερς, Karson Makkalers, Lula Carson Smith, Carson MacCullers, Carson Mac-Cullers, Carson McCullersova, MacCullers, Carson Mac Cullers, Karson MakKalers, Карсон Маккалерс, קרסון מקקלרס, Карсон Мекалерс, Carson Smith McCullers, カーソン・マッカラーズ, Carson Mc Cullers, Карсън Маккълърс, Маккаллерс Карсон, Карсан Маккалерс, Carson McCullers, קארסון מק־קאלרס, Mac Cullers, Карсан Мак-Калерс, McCullers, Ḳarson Maḳ'Ḳalers, Smith, Kārsona Makkalersa, Lula Carson McCullers, კარსონ მაკკალერსი, 卡森·麦卡勒斯, カーソン マッカラーズ - Born:
- Feb. 19, 1917
- Died:
- Sept. 29, 1967
