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I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.


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Author Bio


  • NameFrank McCourt
  • DescriptionIrish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer
  • BornAugust 19, 1930
  • DiedJuly 19, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTeacher; Writer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsRome Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Biography Or Autobiography