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Frank McCourt

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in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

August 19, 1930

Died

July 19, 2009

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Francis "Frank" McCourt was 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 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 748,356 ratings · 20,485 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 639,461 ratings — published 1996 — 299 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Tis 3.73 avg rating — 64,199 ratings — published 1999 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 39,039 ratings — published 2005 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Angela's Ashes/'Tis Boxed Set 4.14 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angela and the Baby Jesus 4.07 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2007 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angela's Ashes / 'Tis / Teacher Man 4.35 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Couple of Blaguards by Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt 3.66 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brotherhood by Frank McCourt, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas Von Essen 4.23 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las cenizas de Ángela 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lo es (Novela) (Spanish Edition) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

tags: intelligence, mind, poverty

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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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“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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December 2016 New School Classic Poll

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 320 pgs, 1997

56 votes, 20.7%

White Fang by Jack London, 252 pages, 1906

45 votes, 16.7%

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, 352 pgs, 1951

33 votes, 12.2%

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pgs, 1995

32 votes, 11.9%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 468 pgs, 1913

26 votes, 9.6%

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, 483 pgs, 1993

16 votes, 5.9%

Queer by William S. Burroughs, 160 pgs, 1985

14 votes, 5.2%

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, 176 pgs, 1960

13 votes, 4.8%

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor, 269 pgs, 1965

11 votes, 4.1%

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 368 pgs, 1915

10 votes, 3.7%

The Vagabond by Colette, 252 pgs, 1910

10 votes, 3.7%

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, 176 pgs, 1966

4 votes, 1.5%

270 total votes

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