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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1997. Signature. Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Frank McCourt (born August 19, 1930, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died July 19, 2009, New York, New York) was an American author and teacher who was perhaps best known for the memoir Angela’s Ashes (1996), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Frank was the first child of Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt.
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Jul 20, 2009 · Francis McCourt was born Aug. 19, 1930, on Classon Avenue on the edge of the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, where his Irish immigrant parents had hoped to make a better life.
Sep 5, 1996 · Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick.
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Francis McCourt: The writer of the book and main character. Frank is a religious, determined, and intelligent Irish American who struggles to find happiness and success in the harsh community. Malachy McCourt: Frank's father and an alcoholic.
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Jul 19, 2009 · Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick.
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Francis (Frank) McCourt was a retired high school writing teacher who rose to prominence in the 1990’s after writing about his childhood in the squalid slums of Limerick, Ireland.
