Novelist Carson McCullers

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Carson McCullers

Living place: Columbus

Birthday: 19-2-1917

Population of US 1917: 103,268,000

Global rank: #43369

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Who is Novelist Carson McCullers?
A famous twentieth-century American author in the Southern Gothic genre, she is known for The Heart as a Lonely Hunter (1940) and The Member of the Wedding (1946). Her other works include The Ballad of Sad Café (1951) and the clock without hands (1961).
Reflecting her own tumultuous life, her novels frequently depict the character's lonely inner life.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She left her native Georgia at age seventeen, planning to study piano at the Juilliard School in New York City. However, a rheumatic fever forced her to return to the South and refocus her attention from music to writing.

Family life info

She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia. She had a tumultuous relationship with her husband, Reeves McCullers; they divorced after he was found to have faked some of his copyright checks. They remarried in 1945, but their union came to a tragic end (Reeves McCullers committed suicide in 1953).

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Carson McCullers?
She was inspired by playwright Tennessee Williams to write her famous work, The Member of the Wedding. Both Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote overwhelmingly belonged to McCullers' inner circle of friends.

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When was Novelist Carson McCullers born?
Carson McCullers was born in 19-2-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Novelist Carson McCullers's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Carson McCullers's global rank is 43369 and whose rank is 293 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1917 is about 103,268,000 persons.
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Events in 1917 and 19-2

Events in US in the birth year of Carson McCullers

  • U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
  • "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
  • Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Birthday Carson McCullers (19-2) in history

  • Day 19-2 year 1674:
    The Netherlands and Great Britain signed the Westminster Peace Treaty, under which New Amsterdam was to be transferred to Britain (renamed New York).
  • Day 19-2 year 1807: Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.
  • Day 19-2 year 1878: Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).
  • Day 19-2 year 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.
  • Day 19-2 year 1945: The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.
  • Day 19-2 year 1959: Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.
  • Day 19-2 year 1968: The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.
  • Day 19-2 year 1997: Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.
  • Day 19-2 year 2008: Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.
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