Carson McCullers

Born

February 19, 1917 · Columbus, Georgia, USA

Died

September 29, 1967

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Carson McCullers, born Lula Carson Smith, was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the U.S. South.