Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Cormac McCarthy Passes Away at 89

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and masterful prose stylist, has died at the age of 89. McCarthy, known for his novels such as “Blood Meridian,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The Road,” passed away in his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Tuesday due to natural causes, according to his son, John McCarthy.

McCarthy was born in 1933 in Rhode Island and spent most of his young life in Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father, Charles Joseph McCarthy, worked as a lawyer. He wrote all of his novels on a Olivetti Underwood Lettera 32 typewriter, his publisher said.

McCarthy was a celebrated novelist of his generation, considered by literary critic Harold Bloom to be as influential as Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth. His works were known for their vivid backdrop of the American West and their exploration of the dark side of humanity. His language ranged from brutally austere to dizzyingly complex.

McCarthy’s death was announced in a statement by his publisher, Penguin Random House. His publisher, Knopf, also confirmed his death to Publishers Weekly.

McCarthy’s works have been adapted into several films, including “No Country for Old Men,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2007. He was also the recipient of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He will be remembered as one of the most influential authors of his time.