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The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.

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
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Screenwriter
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Columbus
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Lula Carson Smith
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There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries.
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