Frank McCourt (1930–2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela’s Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.
«Cuando recuerdo mi infancia, me pregunto cómo pude sobrevivir siquiera. Fue, naturalmente, una infancia desgraciada, se entiende euros las infancias felices no merecen que les prestemos atención. La infancia desgraciada irlandesa es peor que cualquier otra infancia desgraciada,...
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