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  AllRefer.com - William Kennedy (American Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
In evocative prose, with vivid characterizations and acutely observed dialog, Kennedy's novels mingle history with myth, politics with the personal, and lyricism with squalor.
Kennedy's other Albany cycle novels are The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), Quinn's Book (1988), The Flaming Corsage (1996), and Roscoe (2001).
Kennedy has taught at the State Univ. of New York at Albany since 1973.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/KennedyWm.html   (288 words)

  
 William Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Kennedy (captain), (1814-1890) was Canadian captain and explorer.
William Kennedy (politician), the early-nineteenth-century, United States congressman from North Carolina in the United States Democratic-Republican Party
William J. Kennedy III was president and CEO of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company until 1990.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Kennedy   (141 words)

  
 William B. Kennedy/Canady (1798-1874)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William B. Kennedy was POSSIBLY the son of Aaron Canady of Wilkes Co., NC.
William and Rachel settled in Roaring Gap Township in the northeast corner of Wilkes County.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, 52, farmer, $200, born in Wilkes NC -- Rachel, 51, Surry NC -- Aron, 23, Wilkes NC -- Thompson, 21, Wilkes NC -- Norwood, 15, Wilkes NC -- Amelia, 18, Wilkes NC Aug. 15, 1851.
www.moonzstuff.com /Cheek/KennedyWilliam.html   (549 words)

  
 California AHGP - William Charles Kennedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Charles Kennedy, who stands at the head of the legal profession in San Jose, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1849, a son of James F. and Serena (Salter) Kennedy, both also natives of that city, and members of prominent American families whose history dates back to the period of the Revolution.
William Charles Kennedy, who was one of a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, came with his mother and brother to California in 1851.
Kennedy was brightened and blsssed by the birth of one son, Karl F., who is now attending Stanford University, where he is pursuing the study of law.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/state1/biographies/wckennedy.html   (391 words)

  
 ReadingGroupGuides.com - THE FLAMING CORSAGE by William Kennedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Kennedy was born on January 16, 1928 in the predominantly Irish neighborhood of North Albany, New York.
Kennedy went home to Albany in 1963 to care for his father, who was living alone.
William Kennedy and his wife, having raised three children, continue to live near Kennedy's inexhaustible Albany.
www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/flaming_corsage-author.asp   (1619 words)

  
 John William Kennedy, Captain, United States Air Force
John William Kennedy was born on May 1, 1947 and joined the Armed Forces while in Arlington, Virginia.
Her son, John William "Jack" Kennedy, was killed at age 24 when his O-2A plane crashed in the jungles of Quangtin Province, South Vietnam.
Kennedy hopes that other families will be able to learn the fate of their loved ones.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jwkennedy.htm   (945 words)

  
 William Kennedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Kennedy of Maybole in Ayrshire supposedly left Scotland for America about the early part of the 18th century.
He was born to Alexander and Anna Kennedy on the first day of the 5th month, 1690 at Cullean Ayrshire, Scotland.
William Kennedy supposedly had two brothers who also went to America.
www.maybole.org /history/surnames/williamkennedy.htm   (255 words)

  
 William Kennedy (author) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist whose novels, many of which feature the interaction of members of the fictional Phelan family, are based in local history and the supernatural.
Kennedy's works include The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), and Ironweed (1983, winner of 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; film, 1987).
He is a graduate of Siena College in Loudonville, New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Kennedy_(author)   (134 words)

  
 The William Kennedy Smith Case Full Coverage - The Crime library
William Kennedy Smith filed a motion Friday to dismiss the suit filed against him in August by Audra Soulias, charging him with sexually assaulting her five years ago.
Woman accusing William Kennedy Smith of rape says lawsuit 'not about money.' Audra Soulias, 28, filed a civil lawsuit against Smith, 43, claiming he bought her drinks while she was celebrating her birthday in January 1999 and later took her to his house, dragged her upstairs and assaulted her.
Woman claims in a lawsuit that William Kennedy Smith sexually assaulted her in 1999, and her lawyer said Thursday that she did not come forward at the time because she was intimidated by his wealth and connections.
www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/celebrity/william_k_smith/documents.html   (707 words)

  
 Metroactive Books | William Kennedy
THE PUBLICATION of William Kennedy's new novel, The Flaming Corsage, at the same time as the re-publishing of the first three novels (Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game and the apocalyptic Ironweed) in what has come to be called the Albany Cycle might seem risky to his reputation.
Kennedy isn't Henry James (who puts in a brief appearance, by the way, to remind us how poorly his own father's Albany contemporaries turned out), nor would we want him to be.
Kennedy's subject matter has been the Americanization of an immigrant people who aspire to success in a society their own best instincts tell them to despise.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.06.96/books-9623.html   (655 words)

  
 Boston Globe Article about William Kennedy
Kennedy is working with Ed Burns on a screen adaptation, with Burns in the title role and directing.
Kennedy had returned to Albany for family reasons (his father was ill), but he soon found that the city he'd been glad to get away from looked very different to him.
Kennedy collaborated with Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplay for "The Cotton Club" (1984) and adapted "Ironweed" for the screen.
www.mckinneylibrary.org /bgkennedy.htm   (1793 words)

  
 William Kennedy
He was the personal friend and literary partner of William Motherwell, and in 1828-'9 was associated with the latter in the management of the " Paisley Magazine," in which many of the poems of the two authors appeared.
Kennedy's third volume was "The Arrow and the Rose; with, Other Poems" (London, 1830), and he then settled down to a literary life in the English metropolis.
Kennedy published " The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas" (2 vols., London, 1841), and an abridgment of the same entitled "Texas.
www.famousamericans.net /williamkennedy   (424 words)

  
 William A. Kennedy II, M.D. - Department of Urology - Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. William A. Kennedy II received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1985, and his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1989.
Kennedy, W.A., Hensle, T.W., Giella, J.G., Hendricks, J.G. and Treat, M.: KTP Laser Treatment of Genitourinary Hemangioma in the Pediatric Population.
Kennedy, W.A., Benson, M.C. and Kaplan, S.A.: Urological Manifestations of HIV Infection.
urology.stanford.edu /faculty/kennedy.html   (664 words)

  
 WILLIAM KENNEDY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Kennedy Sr is a juryman on Luke Foster vs Robert Daniel and Andrew Heath,debt.
William Kennedy Sr is a juryman on a Grand Jury to consider presentments.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, George Wilson, and John Irvine were sworn and empaneled a Grand Jury and retired to consider their presentments.
www.davidkennedysocietyinc.org /WmKenSr03.htm   (6664 words)

  
 CBC News: William Kennedy Smith accused of rape
The allegations are "outrageous, untrue and without merit," William Kennedy Smith said in a statement.
In 1991, Kennedy Smith was found not guilty of second-degree sexual battery and misdemeanor battery charges.
Kennedy Smith testified that the sex was consensual.
www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/08/26/kennedy040826.html   (186 words)

  
 New York State Writers Institute - William Kennedy, Ironweed
Thanks to Kennedy, Albany occupies a privileged place on America's mythic map as a capital of the national memory, and a metropolis of everyday struggles.
Kennedy's first full-length play, Grand View (1996) the story of apolitical war between the state governor and Albany's political boss, was staged in the spring of 1996 at Capital Repertory Theater in Albany.
Kennedy taught creative writing and journalism as an instructor from 1974 to 1982 at the University at Albany, where he is now a professor in the English Department.
www.albany.edu /writers-inst/wjkennedybio.html   (1708 words)

  
 William Kennedy Smith and numerous rape allegations - The Crime library
William also met a woman named Patricia Bowman, a 29-year-old single mother out with her girlfriend, Anne Weatherly Mercer.
In a different location at the Kennedy compound, Patricia Bowman and William Kennedy Smith were talking as they strolled along the beach.
It was then, Mark suggested, that William allegedly tackled Patricia, threw her to the ground and, despite her cries of protest, raped her.
www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/celebrity/william_kennedy   (884 words)

  
 William Kennedy—Blind Pipemaker of Tanderagee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The late William Kennedy of Tandragee, died at Tandragee on the morning of the 29th ult.
Kennedy was one of the most extraordinary men who have appeared in these latter times.
Though totally deprives of sight, he was enabled, through his industry, his perseverance, and his genius, to execute with precision, taste and judgment, various elaborate works of a nature which have heretofore required the utmost exertions of well trained artists, in full possession of all senses and faculties with which nature had endowed them.
www.irishpipersclub.org /Web_art1.htm   (1205 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Ironweed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With Ironweed, William Kennedy completes his three novels of Depression-era Albany, wrapping up this study of time, place, and people with an emotionally gripping Pulitzer Prize-winner (1984) that focuses on those who call themselves "bums," all of them living apart from society because their dreams have died.
Kennedy's naturalistic style and ability to create realistic dialogue give life to the stories of these characters and leave the reader with new insights into the nature of family ties, the choices we make, the forgiveness sometimes offered by others, and the nature of redemption if we choose to accept it.
William Kennedy's realist Albany drama about the humanity behind bum-dom is vibrant, humorous, grotesque and ultimately unforgetable...
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140070206?v=glance   (2276 words)

  
 William Kennedy - Penguin Group (USA) Authors - Penguin Group (USA)
Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works.
Kennedy is a professor in the English department at the State University of New York at Albany.
Kennedy was also named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities.
www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000007471,00.html   (195 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: William Kennedy's Albany Cycle: Ironweed; Billy Phelan's Greatest Game; Legs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the 'greatness' of this book (and there are many) is that William Kennedy was able to present to us a character, so unwanted, so despised, so uninspiring in a way that dignity still is embedded in that character.
This Pulitzer Prize Winning entry in Kennedy's Albany Cycle of novels tells the story of Francis Phelan, an ex-baseball player, now bum, who is haunted by ghosts in Albany, NY in 1938.
kennedy breaks all good novelist laws in his attempts to more easily and directly provide information-- he leaves nothing to the reader's imagination in sentences like "his lesson to francis was this: that life is full of caprice and missed connections, that theivery is wrong, especially if you get caught..."
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0886901308   (1172 words)

  
 'Roscoe' by William Kennedy
Such was the case for William Kennedy, the Albany, N.Y., native who worked as a journalist in Europe and Puerto Rico before tapping his hometown as the source of his fiction.
Since then, Kennedy has made up for lost time, breathing a hard-edged, at times mystical energy into the city most people forget is the capital of New York.
In his latest, rip-rollicking installment, Kennedy zeroes in on Albany’s political machine, the corrupt engine that made the city spin in the 1920s, ’30s and early ’40s.
www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20020113review917.asp   (476 words)

  
 William Kennedy (1813-1890), Sailor
In 1851, Kennedy led an expedition, privately financed by Lady Franklin, in search of her husband, Sir John Franklin.
Kennedy returned to Aberdeen at the end of 1852 and, although he was unsuccessful in his search for Franklin and his crew, he found new routes to crossing the Arctic and made precise charts of the whole area.
In 1853 Kennedy published his experiences in A short narrative of the second voyage of the Prince Albert, in search of Sir John Franklin.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02512   (174 words)

  
 william kennedy author   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York.
Kennedy, William - Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed, and director of the New York State Writers Institute.
A bibliography of William Kennedy's books and short stories, with book covers and links to related authors.
www.academyhouse.bc.ca /william-kennedy-author.html   (317 words)

  
 Suit Accuses William Kennedy Smith of Rape (phillyBurbs.com) | National   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
CHICAGO - William Kennedy Smith, who was acquitted more than a decade ago of sexual assault, has been sued in civil court by a former personal assistant who alleges the Kennedy cousin raped her in 1999.
The nephew of Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said in a statement that the allegations are false, calling them "outrageous, untrue and without merit." The statement from the Center for International Rehabilitation, which Kennedy Smith leads, said the woman had demanded $3 million.
Kennedy Smith is one of four children of former ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-08262004-355062.html   (413 words)

  
 TalkLeft: William Kennedy Smith Faces Civil Lawsuit Alleging Rape
Two weeks after the accuser in the Kobe Bryant case sues the athlete for damages in civil court from an alleged sexual assault, a former personal assistant to William Kennedy Smith does the same--for an incident that allegedly occurred in 1999.
Kennedy Smith is a medical doctor in Chicago.
Like many of the Kennedy clan, William Kennedy Smith has been involved in public service and was the founder of Physicians Against Landmines, a group that later became part of the Center for International Rehabilitation.
www.talkleft.com /new_archives/007678.html   (1075 words)

  
 Kennedy, William on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy president William M. Hunt III receives congratulations on becoming president of MANAR at the organization's inaugural dinner.
William Kennedy Smith en juillet 1999 Un neveu du sénateur démocrate américain Ted Kennedy, William Kennedy Smith, 43 ans,.
President Kennedy with artist friend William Walton choosing locations for paintings to be hung in his White House Office.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/KennedyW1m.asp   (651 words)

  
 Aaron William Kennedy (1826-1860's)
Amanda is buried at the Glade Creek Church in Hooker, Alleghany Co., NC.
William KENADA and Amanda EDWARDS posted a marriage bond in Ashe Co., NC, on Nov. 22, 1855.
KENNADY, 36, farmer, $500, $200, NC -- Amanda, 24, NC -- Mary L., 3, NC -- Milly, 2 NC -- Woodfork, 10/12, NC In 1870, Amanda KENEDY is listed as a head of household in the Wilkes Co. Census, so William presumably died between 1860 and 1870.
www.moonzstuff.com /Cheek/KennedyAaron.html   (204 words)

  
 DM: Highlighted author William Kennedy is no intruder in the South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kennedy said that Faulkner had greatly influenced him, and has written novels about his own hometown, Albany, N.Y. "I have nothing but reverence for the man," said Kennedy.
Kennedy has received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award for Ironweed, which was made into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Kennedy is also a playwright and screenwriter, having co-authored the screenplay for "The Cotton Club" with Francis Ford Coppola and helped found the San Juan Star, a daily newspaper in Puerto Rico.
www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/96/9607/960726/960726EN2author.html   (355 words)

  
 William Jesse Kennedy Papers Inventory (#4925)
Also included are deeds and correspondence belonging to Kennedy's mentor, John Moses Avery, and a series of audiotaped interviews with Kennedy's relatives, friends, and associates conducted by Carter Cue in 1994.
William Jesse Kennedy, Jr., was born in Andersonville, Ga., on 15 June 1889, the son of William Jesse and Katie C. Riley Kennedy.
Kennedy died in Durham on 8 July 1985, at the age of 96.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/04925.html   (1527 words)

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