Sonnenblick, an English teacher and former student of author Frank McCourt, was inspired to write the novel by the real-life story of one of his own students.
The word "feck" appears in Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes and also the film which was based upon the book.
Platt, a veteran of nearly four decades, has appeared in at least 100 plays assuming the roles of everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Santa Claus to Frank McCourt and brother, Malachy.
Frank McCourt (1930–2009), acclaimed American-Irish author, best known for Angela’s Ashes
He was the Father of Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes and other books, and winner of The Pulitzer Prize, The NBCC Award, The LA Times Award and the Royal Society of Literature Award.
Under Harrison's direction, the State Department initiated the CultureCommect program in which American celebrities such as YoYo Ma, Denyce Graves, Doris Roberts and Frank McCourt acted as "cultural ambassadors" in trips to Pakistan, Russia, Israel and other countries.
He taught a course on the autobiographical writings of Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt to Quinnipiac students studying in County Kerry, Ireland.
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She cites Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street among the influences on her writing and also admires the work of Madeleine L'Engle and of her first writing teacher, Jacqueline Woodson.
Frank McCourt: The narrator and author of the book and an immigrant from Ireland, he has a deep love for literature and eventually goes on to marry Alberta after attending NYU.
Allon helped create two public high schools, Eleanor Roosevelt High School on the Upper East Side and Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.