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.
Hoy ha fallecido Cormac McCarthy, uno de los grandes referentes de la literatura estadounidense.
Inició su carrera con El guardián del vergel, obra que le permitió ganar el premio Faulkner.
Con su monumental novela La carretera ganó el premio Pulitzer en 2007. pic.twitter.com/KDS1YX6dfg— Penguin Perú (@penguinlibrospe) June 14, 2023
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":
For sixty years, he demonstrated an unwavering dedication to his craft, and to exploring the infinite possibilities and power of the written word. Millions of readers around the world embraced his characters, his mythic themes, and the intimate emotional truths he laid bare on every page, in brilliant novels that will remain both timely and timeless, for generations to come.
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.
