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Frank McCourt

Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1930 to 2009 · aged 78

Francis McCourt 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.

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2009Died19 July 20092007Honorary Doctor of Syracuse UniversityAward1997Pulitzer Prize for BiographyAward1996National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyAward1930Born19 August 1930

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Honorary Doctor of Syracuse University2007
Pulitzer Prize for Biography1997
National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography1996
Rome Prize

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2009 · aged 78

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