Cormac McCarthy Dies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Of ‘No County For Old Men,’ ‘The Road’ Was 89
deadline.comCormac McCarthy, generally considered one of America’s greatest living authors, has died. McCarthy is best known for books such as Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West, The Road — which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction — and No Country For Old Men — which was adapted into the Coen brothers Oscar-winning film.
He was 89. His published works include The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of Dark, Suttree, Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men and The Road, among others, seeing All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country adapted for film by Billy Bob Thornton, John Hillcoat and Joel and Ethan Coen, respectively.
His books have been published in 48 territories across the globe, winning awards including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The Coens’ No Country is perhaps the most iconic adaptation of his work for film, having won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, upon its release in 2007.
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