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Alfred Hayes (18 April 1911 – 14 August 1985) was an American screenwriter, television writer, novelist, and poet, who worked in Italy as well as the United States. His well-known poem about " Joe Hill " ( "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night" ) was set to music by Earl Robinson , and performed by Pete Seeger , Joan Baez and many other artists.
May 26, 2020 · 'The End of Me,' the last and best of Alfred Hayes' reissued midcentury novels, ... The next, “My Face for the World to See” (1958), follows another introspective writer to Hollywood, where he ...
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Alfred Hayes has 58 books on Goodreads with 16786 ratings. Alfred Hayes’s most popular book is In Love (Modern Romance Classics).
Mar 25, 2021 · Alfred Hayes was born in London in 1911, grew up in New York City, and died in Los Angeles. His family was Jewish, working-class, and on the left: Hayes took class struggle seriously all his life. He briefly attended the City College of New York, and his father expected him to become something substantial, like an accountant, but the son ...
British screenwriter, novelist, and poet Alfred Hayes was born in London in 1911. He earned a BA at the City College of New York, CUNY, and served in the US Army Special Services during World War II. After the war, he began a long career as a screenwriter, first in Rome and then in Hollywood. His honors include two Academy Award nominations.
Jul 6, 2018 · By Alex Harvey July 6, 2018. IN ALFRED HAYES’S NOVEL The End of Me (1968), Asher, an aging screenwriter, flees from Los Angeles, leaving behind a failing career and an adulterous wife. In a New ...
Jun 15, 2020 · Our critic-at-large, John Powers, has a review of a new reissue of a novel by Alfred Hayes, who John says is one of our great writers about social and personal disillusionment. Hayes was a poet ...
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