Cecil Brown

Cecil Brown (born July 3, 1943) is an African-American 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 and work on the 1977 Richard Pryor film Which Way Is Up? as a screenwriter.

Biography Born in rural Bolton, North Carolina, United States, He is a professor at UC Berkeley.

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