Frank McCourt

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memoirist person teacher writer

Frank McCourt was an Irish-American memoirist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiography "Angela’s Ashes," which recounts his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland.

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Frank McCourt canonical 6

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instanceOf memoirist ⓘ
person ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
adaptationOfWork Angela’s Ashes ⓘ
surface form: Angela's Ashes (film)
awardReceived Abbey Theatre Award ⓘ
Boeke Prize ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (finalist) ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
basedOn Angela's Ashes (film) is based on Angela's Ashes (memoir) ⓘ
birthName Francis McCourt ⓘ
causeOfDeath melanoma ⓘ
meningitis ⓘ
child Maggie McCourt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-08-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-07-19 ⓘ
degree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
surface form: New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science
employer New York City Department of Education ⓘ
Stuyvesant High School ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish ⓘ
familyName McCourt ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Frank McCourt self-link ⓘ
nationality Irish-American ⓘ
notableFor depicting his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, in Angela's Ashes ⓘ
notableWork 'Tis ⓘ
Angela’s Ashes ⓘ
surface form: Angela's Ashes

Teacher Man ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Limerick ⓘ
surface form: Limerick, Ireland

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sibling Alphonsus McCourt ⓘ
Malachy McCourt ⓘ
Michael McCourt ⓘ
spouse Alberta Small ⓘ
Cheryl Floyd ⓘ
Ellen Frey McCourt ⓘ
taughtSubject English ⓘ
writingPeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Limerick → notableWriterAssociated → Frank McCourt ⓘ
Frank McCourt → name → Frank McCourt ⓘ
Frank McCourt → name → Frank McCourt self-link ⓘ
Angela’s Ashes → author → Frank McCourt ⓘ
subject surface form: Angela's Ashes
Angela’s Ashes → mainSubject → Frank McCourt ⓘ
subject surface form: Angela's Ashes
Angela’s Ashes → centralCharacter → Frank McCourt ⓘ
subject surface form: Angela's Ashes