Cyrus Grace Dunham Explained

Cyrus Dunham
Birth Date:28 January 1992
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Alma Mater:Brown University
Years Active:2014–present
Relatives:Lena Dunham (sister)

Cyrus Dunham (; born Grace Dunham on January 28, 1992) is an American writer, actor, and activist.[1] [2] Dunham is a published author, whose debut book, A Year Without A Name: A Memoir, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist.[3]

Early life

Dunham was born and raised in New York City.[4] Their parents are artist and photographer Laurie Simmons and painter Carroll Dunham.[5] [6] Dunham's older sister, Lena, is a writer, actress, and producer.[7]

They attended St. Ann's School in New York City,[8] and wrote for the school newspaper and yearbook and spoke at the graduation. As a high school student in 2009, Dunham received the Poetry Society of America's Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award for the poem Twin Oaks, which was judged for the competition by American poet Matthew Rohrer.[9]

They graduated from Brown University with a degree in urban studies in May 2014,[10] and were a contributing writer for the student weekly The College Hill Independent.[11]

Dunham identifies as transmasculine nonbinary, and uses they/them pronouns.[12]

Career

Writing and activism

Dunham has written for The New Yorker, Artforum and Granta; as well as Transgender Herstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, UNCOUNTED: Call & Response at Vienna Secession and the AL-UGH-ORIES monograph, as part of Nicole Eisenman's exhibition at the New Museum.[13] [14] [15]

In 2016, Dunham's first collection of poetry and short essays, The Fool, was published. The publication is a free, online-only web-book published by Curse of Cherifa.[16] [17]

Dunham's memoir, A Year Without a Name, was published in October 2019 by Little, Brown and Company. The book was met with positive reviews from The Atlantic, Kirkus Reviews and them.[18] A short section of the book was published online in The New Yorker.[19]

Dunham has collaborated frequently with transgender activist Tourmaline; their work together includes public speaking, writing, and performance.[20] [21] [22] [23] In 2020, Dunham co-founded Deluge Books, a queer literary press, with hannah baer and Emily Segal.[24]

Film

Dunham's first film appearance was in the 2006 short, Dealing, as June, a 13-year-old art dealer.[25] Dealing was written and directed by Dunham's older sister.

In 2010, Dunham starred in a second film written and directed by their sister, called Tiny Furniture, in which Dunham's sister and mother played characters that were loosely based on their own family.

Dunham stars as Junior in the film Happy Birthday, Marsha! about the gay activist Marsha P. Johnson and transgender activist Sylvia Rivera in the hours before the Stonewall riots. Dunham also appeared in artist A.K. Burns' multi-channel video installation A Smeary Spot.[26]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Grace Dunham - The New Yorker. The New Yorker. 2020-02-21. 2019-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627161813/https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/grace-dunham. dead.
  2. https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/asked-answered-laurie-simmons/ Asked & Answered | Laurie Simmons
  3. Web site: a year without a name - Google Search. 2020-11-23. www.google.com.
  4. Tiny Furniture Press Kit from IFC Films . 7 . October 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120916055945/http://www.tinyfurniture.com/assets/presskit/TF_PressKit.pdf . September 16, 2012 . dead .
  5. Morgan Falconer. About this artist: Carroll Dunham. The Museum of Modern Art.
  6. https://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/laurie-simmons About Laurie Simmons
  7. Web site: Lena Dunham . 2023-02-06 . Television Academy . en.
  8. News: At St. Ann's, Increased Stability, but Also Controversy . para. 3 . Jenny . Anderson . The New York Times . July 20, 2010 . October 8, 2012.
  9. Web site: Grace Dunham - Poetry Society of America. April 8, 2022.
  10. News: Big names from big screen visit College Hill . para. 4 . Michael . Weinstein . https://archive.today/20130118144828/http://www.browndailyherald.com/big-names-from-big-screen-visit-college-hill-1.2730151 . dead . January 18, 2013 . The Brown Daily Herald . April 16, 2010 . October 8, 2012 .
  11. http://the-y.squarespace.com/issue-3/tag/grace-dunham-brown Issue #3 - The Y
  12. Web site: Burt . Stephanie . 2019-10-13 . Ways of Being . 2023-05-30 . The Atlantic . en.
  13. https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/grace-dunham Grace Dunham
  14. Web site: Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends and... - Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art. Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art.
  15. Web site: Uncounted : Emily Roysdon. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235755/http://emilyroysdon.com/index.php?%2Ftexts%2Funcounted%2F. December 23, 2015.
  16. Web site: Grace Dunham - The Fool. www.thefool.us. April 20, 2016.
  17. Web site: Curse of Cherifa. www.curseofcherifa.org. April 20, 2016.
  18. Book: A Year Without a Name. September 4, 2018. 9780316444958 . en-US. Dunham . Cyrus . Little, Brown .
  19. Dunham. Cyrus Grace. A Year Without a Name. 2020-11-23. The New Yorker. 8 August 2019. en-us.
  20. Web site: May 5, 2015. Touch One Another - talk by Reina Gossett & Grace Dunham - Reina Gossett. April 20, 2016. Reina Gossett. en-US. April 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410104251/http://www.reinagossett.com/touch-one-another/. dead.
  21. News: November 30, 2001. Talking with Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham About Everyday Activism and Why Empathy is Everything Autostraddle. April 20, 2016. Autostraddle. en-US. Hodson . Hannah .
  22. Web site: Grace Dunham - The Fool. April 20, 2016. thefool.us.
  23. Web site: Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends & Mythologies ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. April 20, 2016. one.usc.edu. May 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160521100810/http://one.usc.edu/motha/. dead.
  24. Web site: Freiberg . Charlie Janelle . 2021-03-09 . Emily Segal Can See the Future . 2024-08-09 . Interview Magazine . en-US.
  25. News: All in the family . V.A. . Musetto . New York Post . November 6, 2010 . October 8, 2012.
  26. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151023224825/http://participantinc.org/wp-content/uploads-new/AKBurns_PR.pdf. A Smeary Spot. October 23, 2015.

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