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(1930-2009) Writer. Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a teacher in New York City for many years and lived in Manhattan, New York, and Roxbury, Connecticut.

Full Name

Frank (Francis) McCourt

Locations

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Author's Timeline

1930

BIRTH

Francis McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930.

1957

OTHER

McCourt attended and graduated from New York University with a degree in English education in 1957.

1958

OTHER

McCourt began teaching at McKee Vocational High School in Staten Island, New York, in 1958.

1967

OTHER

McCourt received a master's degree in English from Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, in 1967.

1996

LITWORK

Angela's Ashes
Scribner.

Memoir; winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for biography.

1999

LITWORK

Tis


Memoir.

2005

LITWORK

Teacher Man


Memoir.

2007

LITWORK

Angela and the Baby Jesus

2009

DEATH

Frank McCourt died in Manhattan, New York, in 2009.

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