Cyrus Dunham

Cyrus Dunham ( ; born January 28, 1992) is an American writer, actor, and activist. Dunham is a published author, whose debut book, A Year Without A Name: A Memoir, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Early life Dunham was born and raised in New York City. Their parents are artist and photographer Laurie Simmons and painter Carroll Dunham. Dunham's older sister, Lena, is a writer, actress, and producer. They attended St. Ann's School in New York City, 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. They graduated from Brown University with a degree in urban studies in May 2014, and was a contributing writer for the student weekly The College Hill Independent.