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Bookmark or Share- Frank McCourt dies at 78; late-blooming author of 'Angela's Ashes'Frank McCourt, the retired New York City schoolteacher who launched his late-in-life literary career by tapping memories of his grim, poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to write the Pulitzer...
- Angela's Ashes - WikipediaAngela's Ashes: A Memoir is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, but focuses primarily on his life in Limerick, Ireland. It also includes his struggles with poverty and his father's alcoholism.
- Frank McCourt - WikipediaFrancis 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. [1]
- Frank McCourt biography. American writer, Pulitzer Prize winnerFrank McCourt was an American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner. He was born on August 19, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, as the first child of seven in an Irish family. During the Great Depression, his parents struggled to find work, eventually forcing the family to return to their native Ireland, to the city of Limerick.
- McCourt, Frank - Encyclopedia.comMcCourt also spent part of 1997 as a writer-inresidence at the University of Limerick. Upon the announcement that McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize for his memoir, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani commended him for reminding society that the "immigrant tradition" is what makes America great.
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