13. Juni 2023
DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SCHRIFTSTELLER CORMAC MCCARTHY IST GESTORBEN
Der am 20. Juli 1933 in Providence (Rhode Island) geborene US-amerikanische Schriftsteller Cormac McCarthy (Bild) ist am 13. Juni 2023 in Santa Fe (New Mexico) gestorben. Er wird allgemein zu den bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Autoren gezählt. McCarthy wurde unter anderem mit dem Pulitzer-Preis und dem National Book Award ausgezeichnet; zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören die Romane «Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West» (Abendröte im Westen), «No Country for Old Men» (Kein Land für alte Männer) und «The Road» (Die Strasse).
Bild: Cormac McCarthy, 1968 – Public domain – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cormac_McCarthy_(Outer_Dark_author_portrait).jpg
Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dead at 89
Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of «All the Pretty Horses» and the apocalyptic minimalism of «The Road,» died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M.
Dwight Garner
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/books/cormac-mccarthy-dead.html
Cormac McCarthy, spare and haunting novelist, dies at 89
With his savage western ‘Blood Meridian’ and post-apocalyptic Pulitzer winner, ‘The Road,’ he established himself as one of America’s most renowned writers, with a prose style that was lean, poetic and unsentimental
Harrison Smith
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/06/13/cormac-mccarthy-novelist-dead/
‚Maybe the greatest American novelist of my time’: Cormac McCarthy honored by Stephen King and others
The literary world lost one of its icons on Tuesday when «No Country for Old Men» and «The Road» author Cormac McCarthy died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M.
«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,» Penguin Random House Chief Executive Nihar Malaviya said in the statement.
Carlos de Loera
Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89
«McCarthy was, if not our greatest novelist, certainly our greatest stylist,» says J.T. Barbarese, a professor of English and writing at Rutgers University. «The obsession not only with the origins of evil, but also history. And those two themes intersect again and again and again in McCarthy’s writing.»
Wade Goodwyn
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/598425063/cormac-mccarthy-dies-obituary
Cormac McCarthy, among America’s greatest authors, dies at 89
Over a nearly 60-year career, McCarthy – hailed by the late literary critic Howard Bloom as the «true heir» of Herman Melville and William Faulkner – wrote a dozen novels, many of them critically celebrated if not commercial hits, though he would eventually achieve both. For years, he wrote while living on grants, most notably the MacArthur «genius grant,» which he was awarded in 1981.
Despite accolades, McCarthy remained relatively obscure for much of his career; as recently as 1992, 27 years after his first book was published, the New York Times Book Review said he «may be the best unknown novelist in America.»
Dakin Andone
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/cormac-mccarthy-author-death/index.html
He won a Pulitzer for ‚The Road,‘ had his first best-seller with ‚All the Pretty Horses‘ and wrote the screenplay for Ridley Scott’s ‚The Counselor.‘
Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searing novel No Country for Old Men served as the foundation for the Coen brothers’ 2007 film that earned Oscars for best picture, supporting actor, directing and adapted screenplay, has died.
Chris Koseluk
Extremely reclusive, McCarthy shunned publicity so effectively that one critic observed, «He wasn’t even famous for it.» But Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2008 adaptation of 2005 novel «No Country for Old Men» put him momentarily in the limelight; the crime thriller, which starred Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, won Oscars for best picture, director, adapted screenplay and supporting actor.
Carmel Dagan
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cormac-mccarthy-dead-no-country-author-1235642944/
Cormac McCarthy, the revered novelist whose bleakly violent, apocalyptic visions of the American south drew him fans from Oprah Winfrey to Saul Bellow, has died at the age of 89
Other authors shared their thoughts on the death of their contemporary. Stephen King wrote on Twitter: «Cormac McCarthy, maybe the greatest American novelist of my time, has passed away at 89. He was full of years and created a fine body of work, but I still mourn his passing.»
Erum Salam, Alison Flood and Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/13/cormac-mccarthy-dead-novelist
L’écrivain américain Cormac McCarthy est mort
Longtemps cantonné à des tirages confidentiels, l’auteur du «Méridien de sang» a connu la notoriété mondiale avec «Non, ce pays n’est pas pour le vieil homme» et «La Route». Prix Pulitzer 2007 pour ce dernier roman, il est mort le 13 juin à l’âge de 89 ans.
Ariane Singer
Der Spätgeehrte
Es ist paradox, aber einer der größten amerikanischen Schriftsteller der Gegenwart wurde von einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit erst wahrgenommen durch die Verfilmung eines seiner Romane: «No Country for Old Men». Gut, verantwortlich dafür war (das) bedeutendste Kino-Brüderpaar überhaupt: Joel und Ethan Coen, und die beiden sicherten sich die Filmrechte gleich nach Erscheinen des Buchs 2005. Da war dessen Autor, Cormac McCarthy, aber schon zweiundsiebzig Jahre alt.
Andreas Platthaus
Nachruf auf ein Enigma
Literatur, die nicht vom Tod handelte, war für ihn keine. Der Tod sei das Thema der Welt, hat Cormac McCarthy einmal gesagt – in einem der vielleicht vier, fünf Interviews, die er, höflich und scheu, maximal distanziert und maximal selbstgewiss, in seinem Leben gegeben hat.
Wieland Freund
Eine schwarze Messe für Amerika: Der Schriftsteller Cormac McCarthy ist gestorben
Mit gewaltiger Sprachmacht pflügte Cormac McCarthy die USA zur apokalyptischen Landschaft um; noch als er sich Konventionellerem zuwandte, ging es um die Demontage uramerikanischer Mythen.
Angela Schader
https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/schriftsteller-cormac-mc-carthy-gestorben-ld.1557463?reduced=true
Videos:
Oprah’s Exclusive Interview with Cormac McCarthy Video
https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/oprahs-exclusive-interview-with-cormac-mccarthy-video
Cormac McCarthy on Dreams and the Subconscious
https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/cormac-mccarthy-on-the-power-of-the-subconscious-video
Cormac McCarthy on Luck and Money – Video
https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/cormac-mccarthy-on-luck-and-money-video
Mehr:
https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL28104A/Cormac_McCarthy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565092/
https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?47991
https://westernamericanliterature.com/cormac-mccarthy/
https://www.thewittliffcollections.txst.edu/research/a-z/mccarthy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy
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