Francis "Frank" McCourt - Pulitzer Prize-winning autho
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, best known as the author of Angela's Ashes. Brother
of author and actor Malachy McCourt .
He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award
(1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor
Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the
narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on
life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges
of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students.
His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario.
McCourt does not use quotation marks in his writing, meaning readers must pay
close attention to determine when someone else is speaking as opposed to the
narrator himself.
Frank McCourt is a member of the National Arts Club and is a recipient of The
International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.
Family
His brother Malachy McCourt, a former radio host, is also an autobiographical
writer. Together they created the stage play A Couple of Blaguards , a two-man
show about their lives and experiences.
Frank McCourt lives with his wife Ellen in New York City and Connecticut. He has a
daughter, Maggie, with his first wife, and a granddaughter, Chiara.
Bibliography
* Angela's Ashes (1996)
* 'Tis (1999)
* Teacher Man (2005)
* Angela and the Baby Jesus (2007)
Quotes
* "F. Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives. I think I've
proven him wrong. And all because I refused to settle for a one-act existence,
the 30 years I taught English in various New York City high schools."
* "In school, if they told me write an essay of 150 words, I'd write 500 words."
* "I know the best deadly sin. And what do you think that is? Sloth, because that
means laziness. And if you're not doing anything, you won't commit any of the
other deadly sins."
* "I didn't call myself anything. I was more than a teacher. And less. In the high
school classroom you are a drill sergeant, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a
disciplinarian, a singer, a low level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a
counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a
collaborator, a tap dancer, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-
uncle-aunt, a bookkeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw."
* "I was already dreaming of a school where teachers were guides and mentors,
not taskmasters."
* "I'm teaching. Storytelling is teaching. Storytelling is a waste of time. I can't
help it. I'm not good at lecturing."
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About Angela's Ashes
How I fell in Love
It is no secret to anyone who knows me or knows of me that I have a passion for Ireland - anything Irish. I love the Irish people, the nation, the geography, the country, teh traditions, the sense of humour, the history, the triumphs, I love Irish Music, Irish actors (Liam Neesom here I come), I love Irish Literature, poets and playwrights. I love irish Movies. Added to my list of loves - and I mean this in every sense of the word - I love Frank McCourt.I first came across Frank McCourt after visiting Ireland 4 times in one year. Feeling desperately sorry for myself and yearning for a life on the Emerald Isle, and after having read everything on Ireland I had, including the Famine, my beloved daughter Doey handed me a copy of Angela's Ashes and said, "Hey Mum, I think this guy's Irish... and I think it's non-fiction too!" I was sold!
What I wasn't prepared for was the ridiculous sounds emanating from my bedroom as I lay there that night trying to stifle not even giggles, but guffaws of laughter - and then tears, as I was transformed into a place I could only have imagined.
Shortly after finishing the book (well that very evening in fact) I went in search of the DVD... and I was not disappointed. Very often the images and portrayals in a moving picture do not live up to one's expectations after reading the book. Wow, was I in a state of transformation. Frank McCourt had a fan for life.
Teaching Secrets
Teaching Secrets - The Story from American Public Media.Before Frank McCourt became famous as the author of "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis," he was for 30 years a high school English teacher in New York. His book about that experience is "Teacher Man."
When McCourt's book tour took him to North Carolina, Dick was there to meet him at a stomping ground familiar to McCourt: a Catholic high school. Dick watched as Frank enthralled the kids, provoked nervous laughter from the teachers, and showed everyone how to take command of a classroom.
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"F. Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives. I think I've proved him wrong. And all because I refused to settle for a one-act existence, the 30 years I taught English in various New York City high schools."
Frank McCourt was already retired when he published his first book at age 66. Angela's Ashes, a memoir of his impoverished boyhood in Limerick, Ireland, shot to the top of the best-seller lists and remained there for over a year. Angela's Ashes won McCourt the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. It was still topping the paperback lists when McCourt's second book 'Tis hit the bookstores, and the best-seller lists.
"After retiring from teaching I wanted a second act, not a rocker in Florida," McCourt says. After a lifetime of helping young people find their own voices, Frank McCourt has found his own, and millions of readers have found a friend to treasure. - Frank McCourt Filmography
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- blue22d blue22d Aug 10, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
- Yes, he was an excellent author. I am sorry he did not start writing sooner since we lost him recently. Nice work. ***** to ya.
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