The Collected Works of Carson McCullers (2C)

CarsonMcCullerswasbornLulaCarsonSmithinColumbus,Georgia,onFebruary19,1917.Attheageofnineteenshepublishedherfirstshortstory,"Wunderkind,"inStorymagazine,andsoonwascontributingfictiontoTheNewYorker,Harper'sBazaar,andMademoiselle.Shewonearlycriticalandcommercialsuccesswithherfirstnovel,TheHeartIsaLonelyHunter(1940),publishedwhenshewasonlytwenty-three.Overthenextquarter-centuryshepublishedfourmorenovelsandacollectionofshortstories,andfoundBroadwaysuccesswithherplayTheMemberoftheWedding(producedin1950).Afteraseriesofincreasinglydebilitatingstrokes,shediedinNyack,N.Y.,in1967,attheageoffifty.CarlosL.Dewsistheeditorofthetwo-volumeLibraryofAmericaCarsonMcCullerseditionaswellaIlluminationandNightGlare:TheUnfinishedAutobiographyofCarsonMcCullers(UniversityofWisconsinPress,1999).HeischairoftheDepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureatJohnCabotUniversity,Rome,andtheDirectorofJCU'sInstituteforCreativeWritingandLiteraryTranslation.