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Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren 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. Algren articulated the world of "drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks, drug addicts, prize fighters, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums". Art Shay singled out a poem Algren wrote from the perspective of a "halfy," street slang for a legless man on wheels. Shay said that Algren considered this poem to be a key to everything he had ever written. The protagonist talks about "how forty wheels rolled over his legs and how he was ready to strap up and give death a wrestle." According to Harold Augenbraum, "in the late 1940s and early 1950s he was one of the best known literary writers in America." The lover of French writer Simone de Beauvoir, he is featured in her novel The Mandarins, set in Paris and Chicago.
BornNelson Ahlgren Abraham, March 28, 1909, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 1981, Long Island, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign (BA)
GenreNovel, short story
Notable awardsNational Book Award, 1950

Over Nelson Algren

Romanschrijver Nelson Algren werd geboren op Maart 28, 1909 in Michigan, United States (Hij sterft op 72-jarige leeftijd, op Mei 9, 1981).

The Man with the Golden Arm is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel. His other successful works include A Walk on the Wild Side (1951) and Chicago, City on the Make (1951). (1956).

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Nelson Algren voor roem

Nelson Algren was born in the Zodiac sign Ram (The Ram), and 1909 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a journalism degree and went on to work for a local newspaper. Somebody in Boots, his first novel, was published in 1935.

Prestaties van Nelson Algren

He won the Novelist O Henry Award three times for his short stories "A Bottle of Milk for Mother,""The Captain is Impaled", and "The Brother's House".

Nelson Algren familieleven

He married his second wife, Betty Ann Jones, in 1965. He previously married Amanda Kontowicz. He was also in a relationship with existentialist author Simone de Beauvoir.

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Mededelingen van Nelson Algren

He, like Poet Anne Lindbergh, was a National Book Award winner.

Nelson Algren Income & Net worth

Nelson Algren's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a romanschrijver. Networth of Nelson Algren in 2024 is 1,000,000$+.

Nelson Algren Height and Weight

How tall is Nelson Algren? At the age of 72, Nelson Algren height is 5'9" (1.73m).

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