page_title: New York University College of Arts & Science
section_title: Authors and writers
hierarchical_section_title: New York University College of Arts & Science / Notable alumni / Authors and writers
caption_attribution_description: English: Frank McCourt at a reading in Cologne, Germany Deutsch: Frank McCourt bei einer Lesung in Köln
context_page_description: The New York University College of Arts & Science is the primary liberal arts college of New York University. The school is located near Gould Plaza next to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Stern School of Business, within 2 miles of Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. As the oldest and largest college within NYU, the College of Arts & Science currently enrolls 7,660 undergraduate students. CAS enrolls the largest number of undergraduate students for a private liberal arts college in the United States; its size and complexity owe to NYU’s overall profile of enrolling the largest number of students in the country for a private, nonprofit, residential, and nonsectarian institution of higher education. The College of Arts & Science offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
  In the 2020 QS World University Rankings, NYU was ranked 1st in Philosophy, 10th in Mathematics, and 15th in English Language and Literature.
  Admission to the College of Arts & Science is highly competitive with an acceptance rate of 9% for the class of 2023.
context_section_description: Warren Adler, B.A. 1947; author of The War of the Roses
  Caleb Carr, B.A. 1977; author
  Elizabeth Gilbert, B.A. 1991; author of Eat, Pray, Love
  Joseph Heller, B.A. 1948; author of Catch-22
  Ira Levin, B.A. 1950; author
  Frank McCourt, B.A. 1957; 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography recipient, author of Angela's Ashes
  Cynthia Ozick, B.A. 1930; author
  Kira Peikoff, B.A. 2007; author and journalist
  Charles Simic, B.A. 1967; 1984 MacArthur Fellow, Recipient of 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 15th United States Poet Laureate
caption: Frank McCourt, Class of 1957
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