Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy dies
The author of novels such as 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men' died in Santa Fe (New Mexico) at the age of 89.
Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at the age of 89. The author of novels such as The Road and No Country for Old Men died at the age of 89, according to his son John and his publisher Penguin Random House.
As his son John explained to journalist Alexandra Alter in a statement reported in The New York Times, the novelist died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Penguin Random House CEO Nihay Malaviya confirmed the news. He did so in a statement to the media in which he said that "Cormac McCarthy changed the course of literature":
The novelist wrote a total of 12 books in his lifetime. In 2007 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Road. However, Cormac McCarthy's most famous book was No Country for Old Men.
This book was even made into a movie that was released in 2007, starring Tommy Lee Jones and the Spanish actor Javier Bardem. The movie, like the book, was a success and went on to win four Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay.