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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 ...
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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Ironweed is a 1983 novel by American author William Kennedy. Ironweed received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. It is included in the Western Canon of the critic Harold Bloom. The novel was adapted into a 1987 film of the same name.
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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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Feb 24, 2012 · William Kennedy: a life in writing. 'Fiction has to come up from below. It has to be generated out of what is not necessarily the consequence of surface events' Emma Brockes. Fri 24 Feb 2012...
William Kennedy has 33 books on Goodreads with 52461 ratings. William Kennedy’s most popular book is Ironweed.
William Kennedy is a novelist, journalist and director of the New York State Writers Institute. He is known for his Albany Cycle, a series of eight novels set in his native city, Albany, N.Y.
