He painted and wrote a book using his left foot: Who is Christy Brown?

Christy Brown is a painter, poet, and writer who was born in Dublin in 1932.

He is one of the thirteen surviving children of a family of exactly twenty-three children.

He was born with congenital cerebral palsy and lived for a very long time without being able to speak or move. At first, doctors thought that Christy Brown was mentally disabled, but his mother did not believe this and believed that her son could receive an education.

Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter whose cerebral palsy allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled My Left Foot (1954). It was later made into a 1989 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown.

Responding to all his mother's sacrifices and efforts, Brown became able to draw and write using his left foot. After Christy Brown started speaking, doctors changed the treatment method and switched to physiotherapy. As a result of these treatments, he started to move more easily.

Being dependent on help throughout his life never prevented him from being among Ireland's well-known writers. The books he wrote made him one of the most successful writers known all over the world.

The author is actually the greatest example of determination, effort, and success. His book, My Left Foot, which is read fondly by the whole world and is among the 100 must-read books by the Ministry of Education in our country, is the work in which he wrote about his own life and determination. His work, My Left Foot, was adapted into a movie.

Except for going to London a few times and going to America only once, he spent his entire life in Dublin. The author, who passed away in 1981, expresses his gratitude by thanking his mother frequently in his book My Left Foot.