Harry Brown

Birth Name:

Harry Peter McNab Brown

Birth Place:

Portland, Maine, United States

Profession

Writer

Won the Young Poets Prize from "Poetry" magazine in 1936
Before he worked in the film industry, he wrote for "The New Yorker" and "Time" magazine
While serving in the U․S․ Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Belvoir, Va․, he wrote a column for "Yank" magazine under the pen name PFC Artie Greengroin
Many of his writings explored the theme of war, including the screenplays for "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "The Sixth of June" and his 158-page epic poem, "The Poem of Bunker Hill․"
Was a novelist and a poet, in addition to being a screenwriter, and wrote a play and a novel that were both later adapted into film as "Eight Iron Men" and "A Walk in the Sun" respectively
Became friends with poet Robert Lowell while he was studying at Harvard University
Lived and wrote in Guanajuato, Mexico, for almost 15 years

1950Oscar - Best Writing, Motion Picture Story:Nominated
1951Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
1952Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay:Winner
1952WGA Award (Screen) - Best Written American Drama:Winner
1952WGA Award (Screen) - The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene):Nominated
1961WGA Award (Screen) - Best Written American Comedy:Nominated

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