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My Take
What draws me to Pat Conroy is the unlikely arc of his life: a basketball player molded by the rigid discipline of The Citadel who became one of the most emotionally generous voices in Southern literature. I find his work compelling precisely because that tension between hardness and tenderness runs through everything he wrote. The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini reached the screen and the Oscars, but for me his real achievement is how unflinchingly he mined family pain for something universal. He turned private wounds into shared catharsis, and that, I think, is why readers still return to him with such loyalty.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pat Conroy
- Name (Japanese)
- パット・コンロイ
- Reading
- ぱっと・こんろい
- Born
- October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / novelist / screenwriter / writer / prose writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Gonzaga College High School
- University
- Gonzaga College High School
Awards & achievements
- 1981 Lillian Smith Book Award
- 1973 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Great Santini | — | |
| Notable work | The Lords of Discipline | — | |
| Notable work | The Prince of Tides | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.patconroy.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20Conroy
Frequently asked questions
When was Pat Conroy born?
October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016.
Where is Pat Conroy from?
Pat Conroy is from Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
What does Pat Conroy do?
Pat Conroy works as basketball player, novelist, screenwriter, writer, prose writer.
What is Pat Conroy known for?
Notable works include The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.