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Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter whose cerebral palsy 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Birth date: June 5, 1932. Birth City: Crumlin, Dublin. Birth Country: Ireland. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Christy Brown was a writer with cerebral palsy who penned the autobiography My Left...
May 7, 2024 · Christy Brown (born June 5, 1932, Dublin, Irish Free State [now in Ireland]—died September 7, 1981, Parbrook, Somerset, England) was an Irish writer who overcame virtually total paralysis to become a successful novelist and poet.
Sep 7, 2023 · Sep 07, 2023. Christy Brown, the Irish writer, and artist only able to move his left foot, created an amazing legacy. IMDb. Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, who was born in Dublin on...
Nov 18, 2007 · Christy Brown: The Life That Inspired My Left Foot, Georgina Louise Hambleton, Mainstream Publishing, £15.99, pp240. Christy Brown once wrote: 'From the gutter of my defeated dreams you pulled me ...
My Left Foot, memoir written by Irish author Christy Brown (June 5, 1932–September 7, 1981), published in 1954. Begun when he was 18 and published when Brown was 22 years old, My Left Foot is the story of an extraordinary person. Brown was an imaginative, sensitive soul trapped in a body twisted and crippled by cerebral palsy.
Artworks. Christy Brown was an Irish writer and painter known for overcoming his debilitating cerebral palsy by using his foot to author several books including his autobiography My Left Foot (1954). His oeuvre consisted of stylized observational paintings of still lifes, portraits, and landscapes.
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