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Born Aug 19, 1930 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Active 1999–2009
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood. In October 1949, at the age of 19, McCourt left Ireland.