Carson McCullers

Carson McCullers bio

Birth Name: Lula Carson Smith

Occupation: Novelist

Place Of Birth: Columbus

Date Of Birth: February 19, 1917

Date Of Death: September 29, 1967

Cause Of Death: N/A

Ethnicity: White

Nationality: American


Carson McCullers was born on the 19th of February, 1917. She was known for being a Novelist. An acclaimed twentieth-century American author in the Southern Gothic genre, she is best known for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) and The Member of the Wedding (1946). Her other works include The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) and Clock Without Hands (1961).

Carson McCullers was born in Columbus. She left her native Georgia at age seventeen with plans to study piano at the Juilliard School in New York City. However, a bout of rheumatic fever forced her return to the South and re-focused her attention from music to writing. Reflecting her own tumultuous life, her novels frequently depict characters’ lonely inner lives.

Carson McCullers was a Pisces and was born in the G.I. Generation.


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Childhood

Carson McCullers was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.

Lula Carson Smith is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".

Education

Carson’s Lula Carson Smith attended Columbia University, Washington Square College of New York University.

Family

Carson McCullers’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Carson McCullers’s parents.

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Personal Life

Like many famous people and celebrities, Carson McCullers kept her personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.

Carson McCullers was born in the Year of the Serpent.

Fast Facts

REAL NAME: Lula Carson Smith
NICKNAME: Carson
RELIGION: Unknown
AGE GENERATION: G.I. Generation
BIRTH SIGN: Pisces
BIRTH DAY: Monday
DEATH DAY: Friday

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Horoscope

Zodiac Sign: Carson McCullers was a Pisces. People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. The strengths of this sign are being compassionate, artistic, gentle, wise, while weaknesses can be to be fearful, overly trusting and desire to escape reality. The greatest overall compatibility with Pieces is Virgo and Taurus.

Chinese Zodiac: Carson McCullers was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art. However, the snake can be overly suspicious, which makes them a bit paranoid.

Ruling Planet: Carson McCullers had a ruling planet of Neptune and has a ruling planet of Neptune. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.

Carson McCullers’s birth sign is Pisces and she had a ruling planet of Neptune.


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