Mark O'Brien
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Mark O'Brien
American poet who was the subject of the Academy Award winning film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien in 1997 and the film The Sessions in 2012.
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 July 1949
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