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Norman O. Brown

Classicist (1913-2002) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

Norman Oliver Brown was an American scholar, writer, and social philosopher. Beginning as a classical scholar, his later work branched into wide-ranging, erudite, and intellectually sophisticated considerations of history, literature, psychoanalysis, culture, and other topics.

Norman O. Brown is read about 35 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 July 2026

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1958

About this person

Brown advanced some novel theses and in his time achieved some general notability.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2002 · aged 89