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Dead Man Walking (1993) is a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille based in New Orleans. Arising from her work as a spiritual adviser to two convicted murderers on death row , the book is set largely at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) in West Feliciana ...
John Hamilton Constable (born 22 July 1952) is an English playwright, poet, performer and activist, author of The Southwark Mysteries.He describes himself as having a shamanic alter-ego named John Crow and that, while taking a large dose of LSD, he channeled the spirit of a medieval whore who told him that the Cross Bones Graveyard was created for sexworkers.
Dead Man Walking, a 1993 non-fiction book by Sister Helen Prejean . Dead Man Walking, a 1995 film based on the book . Dead Man Walking, 1996, and the title song "Dead Man Walkin '" by Bruce Springsteen
In her book Dead Man Walking (1993), she explored her experiences with men on death row and the basis for her growing opposition to the death penalty. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The book was also adapted as an opera, first produced by the San Francisco Opera in 2000.
Scannell's best-known book of war poetry is Walking Wounded (1965). The title poem recollects a column of men returning from battle: "No one was suffering from a lethal hurt, They were not magnified by noble wounds, There was no splendour in that company."
Dead Man Walking is a 2002 play written by American actor and director Tim Robbins based on Dead Man Walking, a book by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. about her experiences as a chaplain on death row. Sister Prejean's book was earlier adapted as a film which Robbins directed; it starred Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. It was also adapted as an ...
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.
Dead Man Walking is the first opera composed by American Jake Heggie, with a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. Based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean , C.S.J. , the work premiered on October 7, 2000 , at the War Memorial Opera House , produced by the San Francisco Opera .