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William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed. Kennedy's other works include The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), Roscoe (2002) and Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes (2011).
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William Kennedy, American author and journalist whose novels feature elements of local history, journalism, and supernaturalism. Ironweed (1983), perhaps his best-known book, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Learn more about Kennedy’s life and career, including his other works.
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William Kennedy has 33 books on Goodreads with 52525 ratings. William Kennedy’s most popular book is Ironweed.
May 18, 2018 · Author William Kennedy (born 1928) rose from literary obscurity to national renown following the publication of his 1983 novel Ironweed. Taken together, his gritty, downbeat novels form an intricate cycles panning the history of his native Albany, New York.
Feb 24, 2012 · The foundations of Kennedy's writing style – brisk, spiked with arresting images and swift dialogue – grew out of his apprenticeship as a news reporter. He always wanted to be a journalist and...
William Joseph Kennedy is an American writer and journalist born and raised in Albany, New York. Many of his novels feature the interaction of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family, and make use of incidents of Albany's history and the supernatural.
William Kennedy, director of the New York State Writers Institute, is a novelist who has centered his work on his home city of Albany, New York. He has published seven novels in a planned Albany Cycle of works treating life in Albany during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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