Frank McCourt







Frank McCourt

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born
August 19, 1930

gender
male

place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, The United States

genre
Biographies & Memoirs


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Francis "Frank" McCourt (born August 19, 1930) is an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934.

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...more




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Angela's Ashes Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
avg rating 3.97 — 22,130 ratings — published 1996
75 editions
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Dubliners Dubliners
by James Joyce
avg rating 3.95 — 7,924 ratings — published 1914
182 editions
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'Tis 'Tis
by Frank McCourt
avg rating 3.45 — 5,598 ratings — published 1999
40 editions
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Teacher Man: A Memoir Teacher Man: A Memoir
by Frank McCourt
avg rating 3.56 — 4,288 ratings — published 2005
34 editions
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The Angela's Ashes/'Tis Boxed... The Angela's Ashes/'Tis Boxed Set
by Frank McCourt
avg rating 4.07 — 305 ratings — published 1999
7 editions
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Angela and the Baby Jesus Angela and the Baby Jesus
by Frank McCourt
avg rating 4.01 — 117 ratings — published 2007
9 editions
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Yeats Is Dead!: A Mystery by 1... Yeats Is Dead!: A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers
by Joseph O'Connor, Roddy Doyle
avg rating 3.39 — 101 ratings — published 2001
9 editions
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Brotherhood Brotherhood
by Frank McCourt, Rudolph Giuliani Thomas Von Essen
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 2004
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Ireland Ever: The Photographs... Ireland Ever: The Photographs of Jill Freedman
by Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt Jill Freedman (Photographer)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2004
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Brothers: 26 Stories of Love a... Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry
by Andrew Blauner, Frank McCourt (Foreword)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2009
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C'est comment l'Amérique ? :... C'est comment l'Amérique ? : Mémoires
by Frank McCourt, Daniel Bismuth
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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Memoirs Collection: "City of D... Memoirs Collection: "City of Djinns", "I Dreamed of Africa", "Angela's Ashes"
by William Dalrymple, Kuki Gallmann Frank McCourt (Reader)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001
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Dedicated to the People of Dar... Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
by Luke Reynolds, Jennifer Reynolds (Editor) George Saunders (Foreword)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009
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Brothers: 26 Stories of Love a... Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry
by Andrew Blauner, Frank McCourt (Foreword)
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"He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace."
Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes)
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"Love her as in childhood
Through feeble, old and grey.
For you’ll never miss a mother’s love
Till she’s buried beneath the clay."
Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes)
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"It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head."
Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes)
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