William Kennedy (author)
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For other people named William Kennedy, see William Kennedy (disambiguation).
William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed.
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Born | William Joseph Kennedy (1928-01-16) January 16, 1928 (age 96) Albany, New York, U.S. |
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Education | Siena College (BA) |
Period | 1955–present |
Genre | Fiction, History, Supernatural |
Notable works | Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, Ironweed |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1984) |
Spouse |
Dana Segarra
(m. 1957; died 2023) |
Children | 3 |
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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.[1][2][3]
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).