William Kennedy(II)

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Producer
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William Kennedy was born on 16 January 1928 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Cotton Club (1984), Ironweed (1987) and Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024). He was previously married to Ana Daisy Segarra .

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Known for

Richard Gere in The Cotton Club (1984)

The Cotton Club

6.5

Writer

1984

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Ironweed (1987)

6.7

Writer

1987

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024)

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken

8.4

TV Series

Producer

2024

More Than Words (2018)

More Than Words

Self

2018

Credits

Writer

Ironweed
6.7
- novel
- screenplay
- 1987
The Cotton Club
6.5
- screenplay
- story
- 1984

Producer

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken
8.4
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2024

Soundtrack

Ironweed
6.7
- lyrics: "Poor Little Lamb"
- 1987

Personal details

Born
- January 16, 1928
- Albany, New York, USA
Spouse
- Ana Daisy Segarra January 31, 1957 - September 29, 2023 (her death, 2 children)
Other works
Won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel _Ironweed_.

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Won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, "Ironweed". In 1984, he also won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2001, he received the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award from the Tulsa Library Trust. In 2007, he received the Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature award in 2007, which is given annually in Rockville, Maryland

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