Frank McCourt (1930–2009)
Autor/a de Les Cendres d'Angela
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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Sèrie
Obres de Frank McCourt
Viena. Praga. Budapest : El imperio enterrado : Un recorrido histórico-literario por el centro de Europa (1999) 14 exemplars
Write for Life, Revised and Updated Edition: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Through Journal Writing 4 exemplars
McCourt Frank 2 exemplars
The Irish ... and how they got that way 1 exemplars
When You Think of God What Do You See? 1 exemplars
MCC Las cenizas de Ángela 1 exemplars
COU Lo es 1 exemplars
Người Thầy - Hồi Ức Của Một Nhà Giáo Mỹ 1 exemplars
Ehi, prof 1 exemplars
1998 1 exemplars
De as van mijn moeder en De nieuwe wereld 1 exemplars
1999 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (2003) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 15,619 exemplars
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Col·laborador — 451 exemplars
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Col·laborador — 387 exemplars
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Epíleg — 53 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- McCourt, Frank
- Nom oficial
- McCourt, Francis
- Data de naixement
- 1930-08-19
- Data de defunció
- 2009-07-19
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Cremated
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Ireland
USA (birth) - Lloc de naixement
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de la mort
- melanoma
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
Limerick, Ireland
Roxbury, Connecticut, USA - Educació
- New York University (BA|1957)
Brooklyn College (MA|1967)
Trinity College, Dublin - Professions
- teacher (public schools, New York City)
novelist - Relacions
- McCourt, Alphie (brother)
McCourt, Malachy (brother) - Organitzacions
- American Federation of Teachers (member)
National Arts Club (member)
United States Army - Premis i honors
- Honorary Doctorate (University of Western Ontario)
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997)
National Book Critics Circle Award (1996)
Golden Plate Award (1999)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
1990s (1)
Carole's List (3)
100 New Classics (1)
Unread books (1)
Boeken. (1)
Tour of Ireland (1)
Writers at Risk (2)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 33
- També de
- 8
- Membres
- 36,180
- Popularitat
- #512
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 535
- ISBN
- 391
- Llengües
- 24
- Preferit
- 64