Frank McCourt (1930–2009)
Autor(a) de 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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Frank McCourt
Viena. Praga. Budapest : El imperio enterrado : Un recorrido histórico-literario por el centro de Europa (1999) 14 cópias
Write for Life, Revised and Updated Edition: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Through Journal Writing 4 cópias
McCourt Frank 2 cópias
The Irish ... and how they got that way 1 exemplar(es)
When You Think of God What Do You See? 1 exemplar(es)
MCC Las cenizas de Ángela 1 exemplar(es)
COU Lo es 1 exemplar(es)
Người Thầy - Hồi Ức Của Một Nhà Giáo Mỹ 1 exemplar(es)
Ehi, prof 1 exemplar(es)
Las cenizas de Angela (coleccion Punto de lectura 331/1) 1 exemplar(es)
Stuyvesant High School the First 100 Years 1904-2004 1 exemplar(es)
De as van mijn moeder en De nieuwe wereld 1 exemplar(es)
1999 1 exemplar(es)
1998 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (2003) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 15,641 cópias
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuinte — 452 cópias
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contribuinte — 389 cópias
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Posfácio — 53 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- McCourt, Frank
- Nome de batismo
- McCourt, Francis
- Data de nascimento
- 1930-08-19
- Data de falecimento
- 2009-07-19
- Local de enterro
- Cremated
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ireland
USA (birth) - Local de nascimento
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- melanoma
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Limerick, Ireland
Roxbury, Connecticut, USA - Educação
- New York University (BA|1957)
Brooklyn College (MA|1967)
Trinity College, Dublin - Ocupação
- teacher (public schools, New York City)
novelist - Relacionamentos
- McCourt, Alphie (brother)
McCourt, Malachy (brother) - Organizações
- American Federation of Teachers (member)
National Arts Club (member)
United States Army - Premiações
- Honorary Doctorate (University of Western Ontario)
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997)
National Book Critics Circle Award (1996)
Golden Plate Award (1999)
Membros
Resenhas
Angela?s Ashes de 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.
Listas
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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 34
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 36,338
- Popularidade
- #508
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 535
- ISBNs
- 391
- Idiomas
- 24
- Favorito
- 64
