Carson McCullers
DOB - DOD
19 February 1917 – 29 September 1967
Home Town
New York, USA
Stage Debut
1950
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her debut novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), written when she was just 23, delves into the profound isolation of individuals in a small Southern town. McCullers’s subsequent works, including The Member of the Wedding (1946) and The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951), further explore themes of loneliness and unrequited love, often set against the backdrop of the American South. Her writing is known for its deep empathy and complex characterisation.
