Dee Brown (writer)

Dorris " Dee " Alexander Brown ( born February 28, 1908 in Alberta, Louisiana; † 12 December 2002) was an American writer and historian.

Life and work

Brown grew up in Ouachita County, Arkansas, and Little Rock, Arkansas, where he became friends with many Indians. Over time he became aware that the representation of the Indian peoples did not correspond to the reality in American movies. He worked as a reporter in Harrison, Arkansas, and then became a teacher and librarian.

After his service in World War II led the Brown Agricultural Library of the University of Illinois, where he completed his master's degree in library science and was a professor. He went in 1973 in Pension and devoted himself to writing books.

In his most famous work Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ( Original title: " Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee " ) he describes the suffering and the destruction of the American Indians ( ' Written with blood and teardrop original quote ) under the American expansion. The book written from the perspective of indigenous people helped the Indian culture in higher esteem. In the U.S., " Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee " was sold to date, over 5 million times, and in 2001 the readers of the New York Times chose it as one of the four most influential books of the 20th century.

Dee Brown has written 29 books, including several children's books, in which he thematically devoted to the history of North American Indian peoples.

Works

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Original Title: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee translated by Helmut Degner ). Knaur Paperback 62804, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-426-62804-1
• You followed the falcon, Amayi. An Indian family saga, Knaur, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-426-01166-2.
• The Feuerroß reached the Great Water in the West. The building of the American railroad, Earthscan, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-426-03649-5.
• In the west the sun was rising. The conquest of the American continent, Heyne, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-453-01057-4.
• The last of Fort Yellowhorse. Novel, Heyne, München 1973, ISBN 3-453-20170-1.
• The Major. Novel, Knaur, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-426-03018-7.
• Gunpowder was her perfume. The gentle hero of the Wild West, Earthscan, Munich 1979, ISBN 3- 426-03431 -X.