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About Christy Brown

• Christy Brown was born on the 5th June, 1932, in

Crumlin (Dublin).• Christy suffered from cerebral palsy.

• He was a painter, writer and poet.

• He died on the 7th September, 1981

THIS ARE SOME BOOKS WRITTEN BY CHRISTY

• 1954 My Left Foot • 1970 Down All The Days • 1971 Come Softly to My Wake• 1973 Background Music: Poems • 1974 A Shadow on Summer • 1976 Wild Grow the Lilies • 1978 Of Snails And Skylarks • 1982 A Promising Career

Main Characters• Christy Brown: he is the main character in the

story. He has a disease called cerebral palsy. He has brown hair, black eyes and he is not too tall. He likes painting and writing his own stories and autobiography. He was a painter, writer and poet.

• Katriona Delahunt: She is a woman who helped Christy at home and she taught him a lot of things. She is a nice person who loves Christy.

• Dr.Robert Collis: One of the doctors who helped Christy Brown on his treatment and ideas for writing his autobiography.

• Bridget and Paddy: They are Christy’s parents and they helped him with all.

• Christy Brown was a boy who suffered cerebral palsy.

• He didn’t know how to communicate with his family.

• His mother taught him the alphabet.• Katriona took care of him some days each

week.• Katriona got married.• His parents carried him to a special centre

for people with problems. • There he was attended by the Dr. Collis.• He decided to show the world his story by

writing this book.