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Mary McCarthy

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Novelist
Died
Oct 25, 1989
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Seattle WA
About
A prominent cultural critic during the 1940s and '50s, she became known for works such as The Oasis (1949), Cast a Cold Eye (1950), and A Charmed Life (1955). She was the 1984 recipient of both the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal.
Family
She was married to fellow author and social critic, Edmund Wilson, during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Her other three spouses were Harald Johnsrud, Bowden Broadwater, and James West.

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