Pat Conroy(1945-2016)

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Pat Conroy was born on 26 October 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for Le prince des marées (1991), Conrack (1974) and La loi des seigneurs (1983). He was married to Cassandra King, Lenore Fleischer and Barbara Jones. He died on 4 March 2016 in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total

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Known for

Le prince des marées

6.8

Writer

1991

Conrack

7.3

Writer

1974

La loi des seigneurs

6.6

Writer

1983

The Great Santini

7.1

Writer

1979

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The Water Is Wide
7.0
TV Movie
- novel "The Water Is Wide"
- 2006
Le prince des marées
6.8
- novel "The Prince of Tides"
- screenplay
- 1991
Duel en Alabama
6.4
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 1989
La loi des seigneurs
6.6
- novel "The Lords of Discipline"
- 1983
The Great Santini
7.1
- novel
- 1979
Conrack
7.3
- from the book "The Water Is Wide"
- 1974

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Official site
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Born
- October 26, 1945
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died
- March 4, 2016
- Beaufort, South Carolina, USA(pancreatic cancer)
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Other works
Novel: "Beach Music"
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Trivia
His English teacher at Beaufort (SC) High School encouraged him to be a writer. Conroy returned to the school as an English teacher himself. He also taught for a year at a two-room schoolhouse on Daufuskie Island, off the South Carolina coast.

Quotes
[speaking of his wife, author Cassandra King] I'll hear her cackle with laughter at some funny line she's written. I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. She writes with pleasure and joy, and I sit there in gloom and darkness.