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Christy Brown
Born(1932-06-05)5 June 1932
Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Died7 September 1981(1981-09-07) (aged 49)
Parbrook, Somerset, England
OccupationNovelist, painter, poet
NationalityIrish
Period1954–1981

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.

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