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'''Carson McCullers''' (1917-1967) was an American author. His works include ''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940), ''Member of the Wedding'' (1946), and ''Clock Without Hands'' (1961).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall: New York, 1991.</ref>
'''Carson McCullers''' (1917-1967) was an American author. Her works include ''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940), ''Member of the Wedding'' (1946), and ''Clock Without Hands'' (1961).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall: New York, 1991.</ref>
==Life and Works==
McCullers was born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/carson-mccullers-9391402</ref> She stayed in Columbus, Georgia during the Great Depression, where she greatly enjoyed theatre until her discovery of [[Eugene O'Neill]].<ref>http://www.southernliterarytrail.org/columbus-ga.html</ref> At age 17, she began to attend the Julliard School of Music, but could not attend and took odd jobs and studied writing at [[Columbia University]].<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/carson-mccullers</ref> She published her first novel, ''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940), a major success, though it was followed by several novels concerning her homosexuality, sadism, and fetishism.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/carson-mccullers-3704.php</ref> She was a friend of playwright [[Tennessee Williams]] and died on September 29, 1967.<ref>"McCullers, Carson." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>
==See Also==
*[[John Steinbeck]]
==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://carson-mccullers.com/bibliography/ Bibliography] and online archive of texts.
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