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Rosellen Brown (born May 12, 1939) is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston. She has won several grants and awards for her work, including the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. The 1996 film Before and After was adapted from her novel of the same name.[1]

Rosellen Brown
Rosellen Brown
Born	May 12, 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Barnard College, Brandeis University
Genre	novels, poems, short stories

Early life

Brown was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Barnard College in 1960 and Brandeis University.

Bibliography

• Some Deaths in the Delta and Other Poems, 1970
• Whole World Catalog, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1972 (co-editor)
• Street Games (stories), 1974; 1991
• The Autobiography of My Mother (novel), 1976
• Cora Fry (poems), 1977
• Cora Fry's Pillow Book (poems),1994
• Tender Mercies (novel), 1978
• The Secret Garden (play adaptation of the novel), 1983
• Civil Wars (novel), 1984
• Before and After, 1992
• A Rosellen Brown Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose, 1992
• Inter-Office (short story), 1994
• Cora Fry's Pillow Book (poetry), 1994
• Half a Heart (novel), 2000
• The Lake on Fire (novel), 2018[2]

TV adaptation

Half A Heart: Based on Rosellen Brown's book of the same name which traces the lives of several people who participated in the civil rights movement and continue to live in its shadow.

Film

Before and After was released as a film of the same name in 1996. Starring Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep, it was directed by Barbet Schroeder from a screenplay by Ted Tally.

See also

• History of the Jews in Houston

References

External links

• Annotation of Tender Mercies at the NYU Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database with link to text and audio of author's commentary and reading.

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