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Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown (1929–2015) was a professor of comparative literature, emeritus, at Princeton University. He was the author of several works on the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. Professor Brown was the editor of The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader, which contains his translation of Zamyatin’s short story “The Cave” and Yury Olesha’s novel Envy.

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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