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William Kennedy

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 22000

IMDb ID: nm0448379

Known for: Writing

Born: January 16, 1928

Age: 98

Place of birth: Albany, New York, U.S.A.

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1984 - 2024

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 6

Wikidata: Q31984

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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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