Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy has died

Writer Cormac McCarthy, The author of novels such as “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” died this Tuesday at the age of 89, his son John and the publishing house Penguin Random House, which published his novels in recent years, confirmed.

John McCarthy said his father died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in a statement released by reporter Alexandra Alter of The New York Times.

McCarthy published two novels, “Stella Maris” and “The Traveler”, which sold together a little more than six months ago, indicating that he was active almost to the end of his life, although the publisher already made it known at the time. that he will not give any interviews or participate in promotional work.

the newspaper The Washington Post defines his novels as “lyrical and often brutally violent”, in which scenes of savagery or tenderness are not preserved, all in an effort to “explore the dark side of the human soul”.

some critics they compared his style to that of great American classics such as William Faulkner or Herman Melville.

During his lifetime, he published twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays and three short stories; Of the novels, he is most celebrated for “Todos los hermosos caballos” (1992, National Book Award and National Critics Award) and “La carretera” (2006, Pulitzer Prize), which tells the story of a father’s aimless escape with his youngest son in post-apocalyptic world.

But “No Country for Old Men” (2005) may have had the most resonance thanks to the film adaptation by the Coen brothers and the role of protagonist Javier Bardem in it, a film that was also awarded four Oscars.

McCarthy, who lived in Ibiza (Spain) and El Paso, spoke Spanish and it was not uncommon for him to insert dialogue in Spanish without translation into some of his novels; Some critics have pointed out that in McCarthy’s prose Spanish and English modulated each other and that this made a difference in his style.

One of the first to mourn his death was fellow writer Stephen King. Cormac McCarthy, perhaps the greatest American novelist of his time, has died at the age of 89. He was full of experience and did an excellent job. I am sorry for his passing,” King wrote on social media.