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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 (born January 16, 1928, Albany, New York, U.S.) American author and journalist whose novels feature elements of local history, journalism, and supernaturalism. Kennedy graduated from Siena College, Loudonville, New York, in 1949 and worked as a journalist in New York state and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he also began ...
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Apr 10, 2018 · When the Paris Review interviewed William Kennedy in July 1984, he had just installed a new swimming pool outside his house.Six months earlier, he’d opened a fortune cookie that said he was ...
May 18, 2018 · Kennedy has been awarded numerous literary honors and been hailed as one of America's most accomplished novelists. William Joseph Kennedy was born on January 16, 1928 in Albany, New York. His parents, William Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (McDonald) Kennedy, were descended from Irish immigrants who had settled in North Albany in the 19th century.
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Feb 24, 2012 · Fri 24 Feb 2012 17.45 EST. T here is a page on the wall of William Kennedy's townhouse, ripped from the notepad of Gabriel García Márquez, on which the Colombian novelist has written, in a ...
Feb 7, 1984 · Ironweed: A Novel. Paperback – February 7, 1984. by William J. Kennedy (Author) 4.3 500 ratings. See all formats and editions. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, 1983. Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1984. “ [W]ith Ironweed, William Kennedy is making American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World. Francis Phelan has hit bottom.
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Learn about William Kennedy, the director of the New York State Writers Institute and the author of eight novels set in his hometown of Albany. Explore his literary friendship with E. L. Doctorow, his journalism career, and his award-winning fiction.
