Mark O'Brien (poet)
American disabled journalist and poet (1949–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark O'Brien (July 31, 1949 – July 4, 1999) was an American journalist, poet, and advocate for the disabled. He has been the subject of two films: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien, which won an Academy Award in 1997, and The Sessions in which he was portrayed by John Hawkes, a film that won the audience award in the U.S. Dramatic category at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.
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Born | (1949-07-31)July 31, 1949 |
Died | July 4, 1999(1999-07-04) (aged 49) |
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The Sessions was based on his essay, "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate",[1] which appeared in the Sun magazine in 1990. The sex surrogate was Cheryl Cohen-Greene.[2][1] They remained friends until his death.[3]