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Language English Media type Print & Audio Originally published December 1978 Adaptations Birdy (1984) Page count 309 | 4/5 Goodreads Country United Kingdom Publication date December 1978 Pages 309 Genre Fiction Publisher Alfred A. Knopf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birdy is the debut novel of William Wharton, who was more than 50 years old when it was published. It won the U.S. National Book Award in category First Novel. Birdy was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1980, ultimately losing to The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer.
Birdy was adapted as a film of the same name, directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage.
Naomi Wallace, a poet and playwright, adapted Birdy for the stage in 1997.
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