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His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years.
Carson McCullers
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Carson McCullers
Age: 50 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 19
Died: 1967
Died: September 29
Film Writer
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Screenwriter
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Columbus
Georgia
Lula Carson Smith
Carson McCullers
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