Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | February 19, 1917 |
| Birth Place | Columbus, GA |
| Age | 103 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Sep 29, 1967 (age 50) |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Net worth: $1.9 Million (2024)
About
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).
Before Fame
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.
Trivia
Reflecting her own tumultuous life, her novels frequently depict characters' lonely inner lives.
Family Life
She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia. She had a stormy relationship with her husband, Reeves McCullers; they divorced after he was found forging some of her royalty checks. They remarried in 1945, but their union came to a tragic end (Reeves McCullers killed himself in 1953).
Associated With
She was inspired by Playwright Tennessee Williams to write her popular work, The Member of the Wedding. Both Tennessee Williams and
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