One of America’s greatest modern authors, Cormac McCarthy, has died at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, John McCarthy.
McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel “The Road” which was adapted to the screen by John Hillcoat, and penned the novel which the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers film “No Country For Old Men” was based on.
He also wrote the story “All the Pretty Horses” which became the Billy Bob Thornton-directed film, and “Child of God” which became a James Franco-directed feature.
His first produced original screenplay with Ridley Scott’s 2013 feature “The Counselor”. He also adapted his own play “The Sunset Limited” into a screenplay which became a Tommy Lee Jones-directed HBO telemovie in 2011.
McCarthy’s other published novels include “The Orchard Keeper,” “Outer Dark,” “Suttree,” “The Crossing,” “Cities of the Plain,” “The Passenger” and “Stella Maris”. He also published the play “The Stonemason,” the screenplay “The Gardener’s Son” and several short stories.
At last report a month ago, Hillcoat was working with the author on a film script adapting arguably his most famous work, “Blood Meridian,” to the big screen.
The 1985 work is widely considered one of the great American novels and is often said to be unfilmmable. The author and his son, John, are executive producers on the planned adaptation.
Source: THR
