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 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).
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Filmography
all 4
Movies 3
Screenplay 2
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
self 1
Executive Producer
Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024)
TV
Novel / Screenplay
Ironweed (1987)
Movie
2
Screenplay / Story
The Cotton Club (1984)
Movie
6
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-01-16 (97 years old)
Birth Name
William Joseph Kennedy
Birth Place
Albany, United States
Citizenships
United States
Residences
Albany, United States of America
Awards
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Helmerich Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, American Book Awards, MacArthur Fellows Program
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