Mark O'Brien
Poet, Film story contributor
1949 – 1999
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Who was Mark O'Brien?
Mark O'Brien was a 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.
The Sessions was based on his essay, "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate", which appeared in the Sun magazine in 1990. The sex surrogate was named Cheryl Cohen-Greene. They remained friends until his death.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1949
Boston - Spouses
- Susan Fernbach
( - 1999/07/04)
- Susan Fernbach
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 4, 1999
Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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