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| Born | 1950 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | (1999-07-04)July 4, 1999 |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Journalist, Activist |
Mark O'Brien (1950 – July 4, 1999) 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, which 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.
A victim of childhood polio, O'Brien spent much of his life paralyzed and confined to an iron lung, from where he nonetheless produced his poetry and articles. He co-founded a small publishing house, Lemonade Factory, dedicated to poetry written by people with disabilities.
O'Brien was the author of several volumes of poetry, including "Breathing," and an autobiography entitled How I Became a Human Being: A Disabled Man’s Quest for Independence.
References
- Schwarzbaum, Lisa (2012-01-28). "Sundance 2012: 'The Surrogate': A story of sex and the single guy with polio makes for a hot crowd-pleaser of a movie". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- O'Brien, Mark (May 1990). "On Seeing A Sex Surrogate". The Sun Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: Text "issue 174 On Seeing A Sex Surrogate" ignored (help) - "Mark O'Brien, 49, Journalist And Poet in Iron Lung, Is Dead", 'New York Times, New York, July 11, 1999
- John Horn (2012-01-22). "Sundance 2012: A 65-year-old takes on disability and sex in 'The Surrogate'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
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