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Nelson Algren (born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham; March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981) was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Oct 1, 2021 · Now comes “Algren,” a new documentary from Michael Caplan that hopes to resurrect his legacy for a new generation and to remind older readers of the still-considerable impact of his work. As the film shows, Algren's life was singular enough to inspire a book of its own.
May 9, 2024 · Nelson Algren (born March 28, 1909, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died May 9, 1981, Sag Harbor, New York) was an American writer whose novels of the poor are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of their pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings.
Oct 22, 2021 · Algren follows the writer from his 1909 birth in Detroit to his 1981 death in Long Island, bitter and estranged from Chicago, the city he lived the longest...
Nelson Algren, orig. Nelson Ahlgren Abraham, (born March 28, 1909, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died May 9, 1981, Sag Harbor, N.Y.), U.S. writer. The son of a machinist, Algren grew up in Chicago and worked his way through the University of Illinois during the Great Depression.
Oct 1, 2021 · Charts the rise and fall of Nelson Algren, a writer whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to become a champion of America's underclass and one of the 20th century's most consequential literary voices.
Mar 21, 2023 · Nelson Algren will not go away. Though he moved from Chicago in 1975 and died in 1981, he has managed to remain a frequent visitor, in the form of his famous novels, of course, but also in other...
Exploding onto the national literary scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm, Nelson Algren defined post-World War II American urban fiction with his gritty, brilliant depiction of Chicago and its working class.
People note American writer Nelson Algren for his novels, including The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), about the pride and longings of impoverished people. Born of Swedish-immigrant parents, Nelson Ahlgren Abraham moved at an early age to Chicago.
Oct 1, 2021 · Exploding onto the national literary scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for "The Man with the Golden Arm," Nelson Algren defined post-World War II American...
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