Frank McCourt

Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela’s Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.

Date of birth:
19th August, 1930
Date of death:
19th July, 2009
"The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher."
― Frank McCourt
Topic(s): Teacher
"Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow."
― Frank McCourt
Topic(s): Happiness
"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."
― Frank McCourt
Topic(s): Food
"The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice."
― Frank McCourt
Topic(s): Experience

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