Cecil Brown (writer)
Cecil Brown | |
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| Born | July 3, 1943 Bolton, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer and educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1969–present |
Cecil Brown (born July 3, 1943)African-American writer and educator. He is a published novelist, short story writer, script writer, and college educator. His noted works include The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969) and work on the 1977 Richard Pryor film Which Way Is Up? as a screenwriter.
Biography
Born in rural
UC Berkeley.[3]
Works
- The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969), ISBN 978-1-583-94210-9
- Pryor Lives (1969)
- Days without Weather (1983)
- Coming Up Down Home (1993)
- I, Stagolee (1993)
- Stagolee Shot Billy (2003), ISBN 978-0-674-01626-2
- Dude, Where's My Black Studies Department? (2007), ISBN 978-1-556-43573-7
- Journey's End (2007), ISBN 978-1-417-99328-4
Awards
- Columbia University English Dept., Professor John Angus Burrell Memorial Prize, 1966
- Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award for Days Without Weather, 1984
- Berlin Literary Fellowship, 1985; Besonders Wertvoll Film Preises, 1986
- UC Berkeley, Mentor Fellowship, 1992
References
- ^ ISBN 0-231-12472-4.
- ^ Bullock, Ken (October 9, 2008). "The Life and Loves of Novelist Cecil Brown". The Berkeley Daily Planet.
- ^ "'How Richard Pryor Became Richard Pryor': an interview wit' author Cecil Brown". San Francisco Bay View. June 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
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