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Irish artist (1932-1981)
Also known as: Cristy Brown, Кристи Браун, كريستي براون, 크리스티 브라운, クリスティ・ブラウン, 克里斯蒂·布朗
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- Down all the days
- My Left Foot
- The childhood story of Christy Brown: (previously entitled My left foot)
- Collected Poems
- to Sheila Kirwan Forde Hart