Frank McCourt (1930–2009)
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Om forfatteren
Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 13, 1930 to Irish immigrant parents. When he was four, his family moved back to Ireland. His father abandoned the family to a life of poverty. He attended school until the age of 14, at which point he was forced to drop out to help support the vis mere family. In 1949, he returned to the United States, where he worked odd jobs until being drafted into the U. S. Army during the Korean War. Using the GI Bill, he received a degree in English and education from New York University. He worked at several high schools throughout New York City including McKee Vocational and Technical High School, Seward Park High School, and Stuyvesant High School. During this time, he would occasionally write articles for newspapers and magazines. He retired from teaching in 1994. His first memoir, Angela's Ashes, was published in 1996. It won the National Book Critics Circle award in 1996 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. His other memoirs included 'Tis and Teacherman. He died on July 19, 2009 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Frank McCourt
Viena. Praga. Budapest : El imperio enterrado : Un recorrido histórico-literario por el centro de Europa (1999) 13 eksemplarer
Write for Life, Revised and Updated Edition: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Through Journal Writing 4 eksemplarer
Angela's ashes: [screenplay] 2 eksemplarer
McCourt Frank 2 eksemplarer
De as van mijn moeder en De nieuwe wereld 1 eksemplar
The Irish ... and how they got that way 1 eksemplar
MCC Las cenizas de Ángela 1 eksemplar
COU Lo es 1 eksemplar
Người Thầy - Hồi Ức Của Một Nhà Giáo Mỹ 1 eksemplar
Ehi, prof 1 eksemplar
1998 1 eksemplar
When You Think of God What Do You See? 1 eksemplar
1999 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Bidragyder — 447 eksemplarer
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Bidragyder — 380 eksemplarer
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Efterskrift — 52 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- McCourt, Frank
- Juridisk navn
- McCourt, Francis
- Fødselsdato
- 1930-08-19
- Dødsdag
- 2009-07-19
- Begravelsessted
- Cremated
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
USA (birth) - Fødested
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- melanoma
- Bopæl
- New York, New York, USA
Limerick, Ireland
Roxbury, Connecticut, USA - Uddannelse
- New York University (BA|1957)
Brooklyn College (MA|1967)
Trinity College, Dublin - Erhverv
- teacher (public schools, New York City)
novelist - Relationer
- McCourt, Alphie (brother)
McCourt, Malachy (brother) - Organisationer
- American Federation of Teachers (member)
National Arts Club (member)
United States Army - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Honorary Doctorate (University of Western Ontario)
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997)
National Book Critics Circle Award (1996)
Golden Plate Award (1999)
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Set during the Great Depression in the 1930's-40's, where Frank lived in New York with his parents (Angela and Malachy) and four younger siblings: Malachy, Oliver, Eugene and Margret, who died shortly after her birth. The family was struggling to survive and ended up having to move back to Ireland. I boo-hooed through the whole book. This man can sure write a story!
The sequel to Angela's Ashes. A really good read but doesn't quite measure up to the first book, which, literally, blew me away.
Oh my. My love for nonfiction begins in earnest. And now I understand a bit of my own father's experience growing up in Northern Ireland at about the same time.
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 33
- Also by
- 8
- Medlemmer
- 35,660
- Popularitet
- #527
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 532
- ISBN
- 391
- Sprog
- 23
- Udvalgt
- 64
- Trædesten
- 487
read this after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. Loved them all. His is a distinctive voice.