William Kennedy

born 1928 · Writing

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Honors

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2001Helmerich Award
1993Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
1988Lucien Barrière Literary Award
1987Guggenheim Fellowship
1984American Book Awards
Honors
  • 2001Helmerich Award
  • 1993Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • 1988Lucien Barrière Literary Award
  • 1987Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1984American Book Awards
  • 1984Pulitzer Prize — Fiction
  • 1983MacArthur Fellows Program
  • 1983National Book Critics Circle Award — Fiction

Bio

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 interactions of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family in Albany, New York. Kennedy has also published a non-fiction book entitled O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels (1983). From Wikipedia.

Biography

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 interactions of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family in Albany, New York. Kennedy has also published a non-fiction book entitled O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels (1983). From Wikipedia.

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William Kennedy

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born1928
known forWriting
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honors8 · Helmerich Award, 2001
Honors
  • 2001Helmerich Award
  • 1993Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • 1988Lucien Barrière Literary Award
  • 1987Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1984American Book Awards
  • 1984Pulitzer Prize — Fiction
  • 1983MacArthur Fellows Program
  • 1983National Book Critics Circle Award — Fiction
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 interactions of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family in Albany, New York. Kennedy has also published a non-fiction book entitled O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels (1983). From Wikipedia.

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