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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.
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.
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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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aug 15, 1985 · Alfred Hayes, an American poet, novelist and screenwriter who made a major contribution to Italian neo-realistic films after World War II and whose best-known novel, ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia ...
