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Frank McCourt
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Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer
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Frank McCourt (1930–2009) was an American writer, teacher, and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, he served in the United States Army and later worked as an employee of the City University of New York. He received his education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. McCourt was recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
His notable works include *Angela’s Ashes*, *Teacher man*, *El professor*, and *Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]*. He wrote in English and was also associated with audiobook productions. McCourt died in Manhattan of melanoma.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- August 19, 1930
- Died
- July 19, 2009
- Works
- 84
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]
- Angela's Ashes
- Teacher man
- El professor
- ANGELA'S ASHES AND TIS ( BOX SET OF 2 BOOKS )
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Film & TV
Writing · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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. In October 1949, at the age of 19, McCourt left Ireland. He had saved money from various jobs including as a telegram delivery boy and stolen from one of his employers, a moneylender, after her death. He took a boat from…
Known for
- Historic Pubs of Dublin — Himself/Presenter2008
- Home2006
- King Leopold's Ghost2006
- The Colbert Report — Self - Guest2005
- Beautiful Kid — Mr. Lennihan2003
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2009
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 803
- Total plays
- 10,549
Tags
Hysterical historic fiction and nonfiction. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Frank+McCourt">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 29,198x
- Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint
· 1988 · cited 16,703x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 16,051x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
· 1995 · cited 13,865x
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Quotes
- “I like the lemon meringue pie but I don't like the way Americans leave out the 'r' at the end of a word.”
- “Why can't this priest go back to Los Angeles and leave me alone? Why is he taking me to lunch when he should be out there visiting the sick and the dying? That's what priests are for.”
- “Why is it the minute I open my mouth the whole world is telling me they're Irish and we should all have a drink? It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen.”
- “I put my books in a bag because I don't care anymore if people in the subway look at me admiringly. I can't hold on to a girl, I can't keep an office job, I make a fool of myself in my first literature class and I wonder why I left Limerick at all. [...] I could have read Jonathan Swift to my heart's content not giving a fiddler's fart whether he was a satirist or a seanachie.”
- “I'd like to stand up in those classes and announce to the world that I'm too busy to be Irish or Catholic or anything else, that I'm working day and night to make a living, trying to read books for my courses and falling asleep in the library [...].”
- “I know it wasn't the dinner wine that had me against the wall in a fit of remorse. It was the thought of my mother being so lonesome she had to sit on a street bench, so lonesome she missed the company of a homeless shopping bag woman. Even in the bad days in Limerick she always had an open hand and an open door and why couldn't I be like that to her?”
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Key facts
- Born
- Francis McCourt , ( 1930-08-19 ) August 19, 1930, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19) (aged 78), New York City, U.S.
- Citizenship
- Irish American
- Alma mater
- New York University Brooklyn College
- Occupations
- Memoirist writer teacher
- Notable work
- Angela's Ashes (1996) , 'Tis (1999), Teacher Man (2005)
- Spouses
- Alberta Small ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. August 1961</span>"}]]}'>1961 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) Cheryl Floyd ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 1984</span>"}]]}'>1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1989 ) Ellen Frey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. August 1994</span>"}]]}'>1994 )
- Parent s
- Malachy Gerald McCourt, Sr, Angela Sheehan
- Relatives
- Malachy McCourt , Michael McCourt, Alphie McCourt
- Family
- Maggie McCourt, daughter
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1997
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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