Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-06-05 ) 5 June 1932, Crumlin , Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 7 September 1981 (1981-09-07) (aged 49), Parbrook , Somerset , England
- Occupation
- Novelist, painter, poet
- Nationality
- Irish
- Period
- 1954–1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- East Pennard
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- name in native language
- Christy Brown
- medical condition
- cerebral palsy
- Commons category
- Christy Brown
- place of burial
- Glasnevin Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1932-06-05
- date of death
- 1981-09-07
- cause of death
- choking
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled My Left Foot (1954). It was later made into a 1989 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christy Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.