Happy Birthday, Carson McCullers!
Happy Birthday to Carson McCullers, born on February 19, 1917, in Columbus, Georgia. Her first (and most well-known) novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores "the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South."
Her other novels include:
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941)
The Member of the Wedding (1946)
and
Clock Without Hands (1961)
She also wrote The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951), a collection of short stories, which includes the novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.
McCullers died on September 29, 1967.
posted by greg rappleye at 8:49 PM
3 Comments:
Greg, a couple years ago, I read the most fascinating book that no one else seems to have read -- called February House by Sherrill Tippins --" the story of WH Auden, Carson McCullers, Paul and Jane Bowles, , Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee under one roof in wartime America." Really interesting!
I have read all of her books, but A Member of the Wedding came first for me, and I was about the same age as the protagonist. I can feel the heat of that summer, feel the stickiness of those playing cards in my hands, and never forgot the loneliness and the thirteen-ness of this short novel. An amazing writer. Thanks for reminding me of this novel and this talent.
Carson is fantastic. I've been to her home in Columbus. It's now a museum and writer's retreat.
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