Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir, Angela’s Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir, the 1996 memoir by Irish author Frank McCourt. The memoir details McCourt’s very early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, but focuses primarily on his life in Limerick, Ireland. It also includes McCourt’s struggles with poverty and his father’s alcoholism.
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Frank McCourt
writer, teacherBorn:
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1931Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Publishing phenomenon whose 1996 account of his miserable Irish childhood, Angela's Ashes, remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 117 weeks, propelling the 67-year-old retired school teacher to wealth and fame. In 1997, Angela's Ashes won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle award, and the LA Times Book Award. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn, McCourt's immigrant parents returned to Limerick when he was four. Before abandoning the family, McCourt's alcoholic father instilled in his son a love of story telling. At age 19, McCourt returned to New York and his subsequent American adventures are recounted in 'Tis (1999) and Teacher Man (2005). Angela's Ashes was adapted for the big screen in 1999 and starred Emily Watson. McCourt lives in New York City and Connecticut with his third wife, Ellen.
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