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Carson McCullers

1917 - 1967

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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. Most are set in the Deep South. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carson McCullers is the 1,300th most popular writer (up from 1,529th in 2019), the 1,861st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,877th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Writer.

Carson McCullers is most famous for her novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

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Among writers, Carson McCullers ranks 1,300 out of 7,302. Before her are Judah Leon Abravanel, Jean Giono, Hubert Selby Jr., Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, and Peter Altenberg. After her are Reinaldo Arenas, Andrei Platonov, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Maurice Barrès, Georges Feydeau, and Wilhelm Müller.

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Among people born in 1917, Carson McCullers ranks 76. Before her are Dinu Lipatti, Maurice Duverger, Masahiko Kimura, Obdulio Varela, Kamal Jumblatt, and Asmahan. After her are David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Susan Hayward, David Easton, Pál Maléter, and Herbert Lom. Among people deceased in 1967, Carson McCullers ranks 61. Before her are Otis Redding, Anthony Mann, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Hugo Gernsback, Abdel Hakim Amer, and Lorenzo Bandini. After her are Julien Duvivier, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Tom Simpson, Zinaida Serebriakova, Léon M'ba, and Gus Grissom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carson McCullers ranks 1,861 out of 20,380. Before her are George Benson (1943), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Joe Simon (1913), Peter Dinklage (1969), John Mearsheimer (1947), and Bill Weld (1945). After her are J. Michael Bishop (1936), John Forsythe (1918), Jack Warden (1920), James E. Webb (1906), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), and Ellen DeGeneres (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carson McCullers ranks 147. Before her are Noah Gordon (1926), Robert Sheckley (1928), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Valerie Solanas (1936), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), and Hubert Selby Jr. (1928). After her are James Ellroy (1948), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Samuel R. Delany (1942), and Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923).

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