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Malcolm Braly
マルコム・ブラリー
Marukomu Burarī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1925-07-25 （Portland, Oregon）
- Died
- 1980-04-07 （Baltimore, Maryland） age 54
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portland, Oregon → Folsom Prison, San Quentin, etc.
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1960-1979
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
On the Yard
1967 NovelA novel depicting life inside prison.
prisonincarceration
Adaptations
- [Film] On the Yard / Bruce Cohn Curtis (1979)
Felony Tank
1961 NovelNovel about prison.
prison
Shake Him Till He Rattles
1963 NovelNovel.
It's Cold Out There
1966 NovelNovel.
False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons
1976 MemoirMemoir of San Quentin and other prisons.
prison life
The Protector
1979 NovelFinal novel.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realism based on prison experience
- Recurring Motifs
- incarcerationprison society
Legacy
Known as an author who wrote about prison life, with 'On the Yard' as his most acclaimed work. Drew from 20 years spent in prisons.
In Popular Culture
- Works republished and adapted to film.
Trivia
- Spent much of his life in and out of prisons.
- Died at 54 in a traffic accident.