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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). Many of his novels have featured the ...

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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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   Ironweed is a 1983 novel by American author William Kennedy. [2] Ironweed received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction [3] and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. [4] It is included in the Western Canon of the critic Harold Bloom. [5] The novel was adapted into a 1987 film of the same name .

   • Author: William Kennedy
   • Pages: 227 pp

   • Publish Year: 1983
   • Publication date: 1983

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   Books by William Kennedy William Kennedy Average rating 3.85 · 23,390 ratings · 1,460 reviews · shelved 51,888 times Showing 28 distinct works.

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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 ...

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   What is William Kennedy best known for?

   • 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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   How many books does William Kennedy have on Goodreads?

   • * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . William Kennedy has 28 books on Goodreads with 51720 ratings. William Kennedy’s most popular book is Ironweed.

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   Who is William Joseph Kennedy?

   • 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.

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   Who are William Joseph Kennedy parents?

   • William Joseph Kennedy was born January 16, 1928, in Albany, New York to William and Mary Kennedy. He is an only child. Kennedy's parents were working-class Irish-Americans. Kennedy was raised Catholic and grew up in the North Albany neighborhood. He attended Public School 20 and Christian Brothers Academy.

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   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. Kennedy's works include The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), Ironweed (1983, winner of 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; film, 1987), and ...

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    May 18, 2018 · William Kennedy. 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. Kennedy has been awarded numerous literary honors and been hailed as ...