Cecil Brown (born July 3, 1943) is an

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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 Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as on ...

film ''

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'' as a screenwriter.

Biography

Born in rural

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, Brown attended

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...

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, where he earned his B.A. in English in 1966. He later attended

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, and earned his M.A. degree from the

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in 1967. Brown while residing in

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(to which he returned in the late 1980s and still lives and works), earned his Ph.D. in African American Studies, Folklore and Narrative in 1993. He is a professor at

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Works

* ''The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger'' (1969), * ''Pryor Lives'' (1969) * ''Days without Weather'' (1983) * ''Coming Up Down Home'' (1993) * ''I, Stagolee'' (1993) * ''Stagolee Shot Billy'' (2003), * ''Dude, Where's My Black Studies Department?'' (2007), * ''Journey's End'' (2007),

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Cecil Living people American writers 1943 births American Book Award winners 20th-century American male writers 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American people African-American male writers