Frank McCourt (1930–2009)
Author of Angela's Ashes
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
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Series
Works by Frank McCourt
Viena. Praga. Budapest : El imperio enterrado : Un recorrido histórico-literario por el centro de Europa (1999) 14 copies
Write for Life, Revised and Updated Edition: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Through Journal Writing 4 copies
McCourt Frank 2 copies
MCC Las cenizas de Ángela 1 copy
COU Lo es 1 copy
Ehi, prof 1 copy
1999 1 copy
1998 1 copy
Associated Works
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (2003) — Foreword, some editions — 15,648 copies
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 452 copies
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Afterword — 53 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- McCourt, Frank
- Legal name
- McCourt, Francis
- Birthdate
- 1930-08-19
- Date of death
- 2009-07-19
- Burial location
- cremated, ashes scattered in three places
Great Oak Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Limerick, Ireland (Carrigogunnell Castle and Mungret Abbey) - Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
USA (birth) - Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- melanoma
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Limerick, Ireland
Roxbury, Connecticut, USA - Education
- New York University (BA|1957)
Brooklyn College (MA|1967)
Trinity College, Dublin - Occupations
- teacher (public schools, New York City)
novelist - Relationships
- McCourt, Malachy (brother)
McCourt, Alphie (brother) - Organizations
- American Federation of Teachers (member)
National Arts Club (member)
United States Army - Awards and honors
- Honorary Doctorate (University of Western Ontario)
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997)
National Book Critics Circle Award (1996)
Golden Plate Award (1999)
Members
Reviews
Angela?s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Memoir of his childhood in Ireland
Tough story. I made it about halfway through. Things just seemed to be getting worse and worse.
This book put me in a time and place, and I could smell the class room that Mr. McCourt taught in. He reminds us that the best we can do is to reach the next generation in line. He wasn't always a perfect teacher, nor a perfect man, but he did his best.
read this after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. Loved them all. His is a distinctive voice.
read this after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. Loved them all. His is a distinctive voice.
Lists
Carole's List (3)
Unread books (1)
Tour of Ireland (1)
1990s (1)
Five star books (1)
Writers at Risk (2)
Boeken. (1)
100 New Classics (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 36,353
- Popularity
- #508
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 535
- ISBNs
- 391
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 64
