McCullers, Carson

Japanese: マッカラーズ（英語表記）McCullers， Carson

Born: February 19, 1917 in Columbus, Georgia
[Died] September 29, 1967, Nyack, New York. American female writer. In high school, she became an admirer of E. O'Neill and began writing plays and novels. After studying at the Juilliard School, she gained widespread recognition as a talented budding writer with her debut novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), which depicts lonely people searching for love, with a deaf-mute protagonist. Her next work, Reflections in a Golden Eye (41), which deals with a bizarre murder case among soldiers stationed in the South, was The Member of the Wedding (46), which beautifully depicts the delicate psychological nuances of an adolescent girl as she reacts to her brother's marriage, and was well received. It was dramatized by the author (50) and made into a film. His other works include The Ballad of the Sad Café (51), a collection of short and medium-length stories, The Square Root of Wonderful (58), and a novel, Clock Without Hands (61). Due to rheumatism, he was wheelchair bound from the age of 29 until his death.

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Japanese:

[生]1917.2.19. ジョージア，コロンバス
[没]1967.9.29. ニューヨーク，ナイヤック
アメリカの女流作家。高等学校時代に E.オニールに傾倒し，戯曲や小説を書きはじめた。ジュリアード音楽院に学んだのち，聾唖者を主人公に愛を求める孤独な人々を描いた処女小説『心は孤独な狩人』 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) により，才能ある新進作家として広く認められた。南部に駐屯する軍隊内の異常な殺人事件を扱った『金色の目に映るもの』 Reflections in a Golden Eye (41) に次いで発表した『結婚式の参列者』 The Member of the Wedding (46) では，兄の結婚に対して示す思春期の少女の微妙な心理のあやをみごとに描いて好評を博し，作者の手で劇化 (50) され，映画にもなった。ほかに中・短編を収録した『悲しきカフェの歌』 The Ballad of the Sad Café (51) ，戯曲『驚異の平方根』 The Square Root of Wonderful (58) ，小説『針のない時計』 Clock Without Hands (61) などがある。リウマチのため 29歳から死ぬまで車椅子の生活をおくった。

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