Pat Conroy

1945 - 2016

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Country of citizenship: United States

Native language: English

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Gonzaga College High School, Beaufort High School, The Citadel

Occupation: basketball player, novelist, screenwriter, writer, prose writer, teacher

Award received: Lillian Smith Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Official website: www.patconroy.com

Bibliographic databases:

Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water Is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th-century American Southern literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)