About Kenneth H. Brown
Lived 1936 – 2022 (aged 85–86). Kenneth H. Brown was an American playwright, theatre critic and poet.
Kenneth Howard Brown (March 9, 1936 – February 5, 2022) was an American playwright and novelist. His play, The Brig, won three Obie Awards. It was adapted into film by Jonas Mekas.
Background Brown was born in New York City, New York in Brooklyn, and served in the United States Marine Corps. Brown went to Columbia University and was a bartender; He died on February 5, 2022, at the age of 85 in New York City in a hospice in the Queens from cancer. His papers are held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
Plays The Brig Nightlight
Books The Narrows Hitler’s Analysts
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Who was Kenneth H. Brown?
American playwright and novelist
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Kenneth H. Brown was born on 9 March 1936 in Brooklyn.
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Kenneth H. Brown died in 2022.
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Kenneth H. Brown was a playwright, theatre critic and poet.
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Kenneth H. Brown was American.
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