He began to attend the Citadel Military Academy in South Carolina and it was there when he had first decided to try his hand at writing. He would be at the receiving end of physical and verbal abuse but eventually he had drifted further away from his father by heading off to school. Born the first of seven children, Conroy had a truly uneasy upbringing because his father was an extremely abusive man who appeared to choose Pat as his daily whipping boy. The Prince of Tides went on to become made into a film that had garnered multiple Oscar nominations, starring Barbara Streisand and Nick Nolte.ĭuring the early years of Conroy’s life, he and his family moved around several different times due to military life and it wasn’t exactly easy when it came to the relationship of his father and him.

Two particular novels of Pat Conroy that have become considered contemporary classics are “The Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini”. The way his childhood and adolescence turned out, he clearly had a deep and lasting impression, one that would play a big role in many of his most-well known novels.

Considered as one of the best, who is behind so many touching slice-of-life stories, author Pat Conroy continues to deliver the goods to his many fans who have stayed the course to enjoy what he does best, write.Ĭonroy was born on October 26, 1945, and he grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a U.S.

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