Larry Brown (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Larry Brown (author)

Novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Oxford, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 24-Nov-2004

Profession: screenwriter, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Larry Brown (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004) was an American novelist, non-fiction and short story writer.
He won numerous awards including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for fiction, the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Award, and Mississippi's Governor's Award For Excellence in the Arts.
He was also the first two-time winner of the Southern Book Award for Fiction. His notable works include Dirty Work, Father and Son, Joe and Big Bad Love.
The latter was adapted for a 2001 film of the same name, starring Debra Winger and Arliss Howard.
In 2013 a film adaptation of Larry Brown's Joe was released, featuring Nicolas Cage.Independent filmmaker Gary Hawkins has directed an award-winning documentary of Brown's life and work in The Rough South of Larry Brown (2011).