After a divorce in 1941, McCullers, moved to New York, where she joined an art commune in Brooklyn Heights named February House. She lived there with other brilliant artists and intellectuals including the poet W.H. Auden.
After the war, she moved to Paris, where she became close friends with writers such as Tennessee Williams. McCullers continued working throughout her life, writing novels, short stories, poetry, and even a play, despite suffering from debilitating illnesses, including repeated strokes that left her partially paralyzed by only 31.
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