Career Frank_McCourt

1 career

1.1 career
1.2 teaching
1.3 writing
1.4 personal life

career
early career

in october 1949, @ age of 19, mccourt left ireland. had saved money various jobs including telegram delivery boy , stolen 1 of employers, female moneylender, after death. took boat cork new york city. priest had met on ship got him room stay in , job @ new york city s biltmore hotel. earned $26 week , sent $10 of mother in limerick. brothers malachy , michael followed him new york , so, later, did mother angela. in 1951, mccourt drafted during korean war , sent bavaria 2 years training dogs, clerk. upon discharge u.s. army, returned new york city, held series of jobs on docks, in warehouses, , in banks.

teaching

using g.i. bill education benefits, mccourt talked way new york university claiming intelligent , read great deal; admitted him on 1 year s probation provided maintained b average. graduated in 1957 new york university bachelor s degree in english. taught @ 6 new york schools, including mckee vocational , technical high school, ralph r. mckee cte high school in staten island, new york city college of technology in brooklyn, stuyvesant high school, seward park high school, washington irving high school, , high school of fashion industries, in manhattan. in 1967, earned master s degree @ brooklyn college, , in late 1960s spent 18 months @ trinity college in dublin, failing earn ph.d. before returning new york city.

in 1997 new york times essay, mccourt wrote experiences teaching immigrant mothers @ new york city college of technology in brooklyn.

writing

mccourt won annual pulitzer prize biography or autobiography (1997) , 1 of annual national book critics circle awards (1996) 1996 memoir angela s ashes, details impoverished childhood brooklyn limerick. bestseller , made him millionaire. 3 years later, movie version of angela s ashes opened mixed reviews. northern irish actor michael legge played mccourt teenager. mccourt authored tis (1999), continues narrative of life, picking end of angela s ashes , focusing on life after returned new york. subsequently wrote teacher man (2005) detailed teaching experiences , challenges of being teacher.

mccourt accused of exaggerating family s impoverished upbringing many limerick natives, including richard harris. mccourt s own mother had denied accuracy of stories shortly before death in 1981, shouting audience during stage performance of recollections pack of lies.

mccourt wrote book 1997 musical entitled irish… , how got way, featured eclectic mix of irish music; traditional danny boy u2 s still haven t found m looking for.

personal life

mccourt in 2006

mccourt married first, in august 1961 (div. 1979), alberta small, whom had daughter, margaret. married second time in november 1984 (div. 1989) psychotherapist cheryl floyd. married third wife, ellen frey mccourt, in august 1994, , lived in new york city , roxbury, connecticut.

in free time, mccourt took casual sport of rowing. once sank wintech recreational single scull on mohawk river in new york, , had rescued local rowing team.

it announced in may 2009 mccourt had been treated melanoma , in remission, undergoing home chemotherapy. on july 19, 2009, died cancer, meningeal complications, @ hospice in manhattan.

he survived ellen, daughter margaret, granddaughter chiara, grandsons frank, jack, , avery, , 3 of 5 brothers , families.