Millen Brand | |
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Born | Jersey City, New Jersey | January 19, 1906
Died | March 19, 1980 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, poet |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Years active | 50 |
Notable works | The Outward Room, Savage Sleep, Local Lives |
Spouse | Pauline Leader, Helen Mendelssohn |
Children | 4 |
Millen Brand (January 19, 1906 – March 19, 1980) was an American writer and poet. His novels, The Outward Room (1938) and Savage Sleep (1968), addressed mental health institutions and were bestsellers in their day.[1]