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Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1932
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Moved to Limerick, Southern
Ireland aged 4, where he had a miserably poor upbringing
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Returned to New York aged 19
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His mother died in 1981, and Frank
brought her ashes back to Ireland
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Worked as a high school teacher
for 45 years
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Angela's
Ashes won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize
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Tis and Teacher Man
are the sequels to
Angela's Ashes was published in 1999
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