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- William Kennedy was born on January 16, 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 .
- SpouseAna Daisy Segarra (January 31, 1957 - September 29, 2023) (her death, 2 children)
- 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
- Graduated (BA '49) from Siena College in Loudonville, New York.
- Previously an English/Journalism professor at the State University of New York at Albany.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 246-252. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Children: Dana, Katherine, Brendan.
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