Mary McCarthy (author)

For other people with the same name, see Mary McCarthy (disambiguation).

Mary McCarthy
McCarthy in 1963
McCarthy in 1963
BornMary Therese McCarthy
(1912-06-21)June 21, 1912
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 1989(1989-10-25) (aged 77)
New York City, U.S.
EducationVassar College A.B. (1933)
Notable awardsAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters (1960)
Edward MacDowell Medal (1984)
National Medal for Literature (1984)
SpouseHarald Johnsrud (m. 1933)
Edmund Wilson (m. 1938)
Bowden Broadwater (m. 1946)
James West (m. 1961)
Children1
RelativesKevin McCarthy (brother)

Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman.[1] McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949[2] and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959.[3] She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters[4] and the American Academy in Rome.[5] In 1973, she delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, the Netherlands, under the title Can There Be a Gothic Literature? The same year she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6] She won the National Medal for Literature[7] and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984.[8] McCarthy held honorary degrees from Bard, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith College, Syracuse University, the University of Maine at Orono, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Hull.[9]

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  2. ^ The Montgomery Fellows Program. "Mary McCarthy." Dartmouth College, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Mary McCarthy". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
  4. ^ "Academy Members". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  5. ^ "Fellows – Affiliated Fellows – Residents 1970–1989". American Academy in Rome. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter M" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  7. ^ "Mary McCarthy Wins Medal for Literature". The New York Times. April 10, 1984.
  8. ^ Freedman, Samuel G. (August 27, 1984). "MCCARTHY IS RECIPIENT OF MACDOWELL MEDAL". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Mary McCarthy: A Biographical Sketch at Vassar College Library