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Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars.
Welcome to the official website of Pat Conroy. Pat Conroy uses stories to explore the great themes of life. His honesty and remarkable command of the language of the heart have won him devoted readers of the world. This is for all of you who come to this web site.
Pat Conroy, born on October 26, 1945 in Atlanta, was the first of seven children of a young Marine officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, to whom Pat often credits for his love of language.
Mar 5, 2016 · Pat Conroy, the beloved author of The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline and The Prince of Tides, has died. Conroy — who announced last month that he had pancreatic cancer — died Friday night...
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- The Great Santini. Conroy’s first stab at fiction proved to be a modest commercial success—and a huge flop within the ranks of his own family.
- The Lords of Discipline. Conroy’s second novel concerns itself with the hidden subculture of a military institute in Charleston, South Carolina.
- The Prince of Tides. Conroy broke into mainstream success with The Prince of Tides, which spent nearly a year on bestseller lists. The novel received even more attention when it was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film that Barbra Streisand directed, produced, and starred in.
- The Water Is Wide. This unforgettable New York Times bestseller is a memoir of Conroy’s year spent teaching on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina (fictionalized as Yamacraw Island in the book).
Mar 5, 2016 · Pat Conroy, who used his tortured family life and the scenic marshlands of coastal South Carolina as unending sources of inspiration for his fiction, notably the novels “The Great Santini,” “The...
The Hon. Pat Conroy MP is the Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific and the Federal Member for Shortland.
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