Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.
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Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.
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First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
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Birth: | 19th August, 1930 |
Death: | 19th July, 2009 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Teacher, Writer |
Francis "Frank" McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an 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 1957, he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in English. In 1967, he earned a master's degree at Brooklyn College. He taught at six New York schools, including McKee Vocational and Technical High School, Ralph R. McKee CTE High School in Staten Island, and New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn. He wrote several books include: Angela's Ashes, 'Tis: A Memoir, Teacher Man, Angela and the Baby Jesus, and Angela's Ashes and 'Tis.
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