Brainard Cheney | |
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| Born | June 3, 1900 Fitzgerald, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 1990 (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Frances Neel Cheney |
Brainard Cheney (June 3, 1900 – January 15, 1990) was an American novelist, playwright, speechwriter and essayist from Georgia who was associated with the Southern Agrarians literary movement
Cheney's writing career covered four decades. He published four novels — Lightwood (1939), River Rogue (1942), This Is Adam (1958), and Devil's Elbow (1969) — that depict the marring of Agrarian ideals by the social transformation of south Georgia between 1870 and 1960.