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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter was released as a movie in 1968, one year after McCullers's death. Directed by Robert Ellis Miller, Carson McCullers herself helped write the screenplay. It was nominated for multiple Golden Globe and Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture- Drama.

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McCullers wrote The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter in New York City and Charlotte and it was published in 1940. It was her first novel, and is considered her best.

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Born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, Carson McCullers achieved early success when she wrote The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at the age of 23. She is best known for this novel as well as The Member of the Wedding. Carson McCullers died on September 29, 1967 in New York.

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