Frank McCourt
Everything that you could ever want to know about Frank McCourt can be found in his books, the extraordinary memoirs of a destitute childhood that began in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, and continued in Limerick, Ireland. He was one of seven children, three of whom died from malnutrition and squalor.
At age 19, McCourt returned to the United States. He was drafted into the army at the start of the Korean War and spent the war stationed in Germany. Upon returning, he was able to take advantage of the G.I. bill, despite having had to drop out of school at age 13. He earned a degree from New York University and a master's from Brooklyn College. He then went on to teach English in high schools.
In the late 90s, at age 66, he published two memoirs which won him a Pulitzer Prize, the ABBY Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.
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