Nelson Algren
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Nelson Algren was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, socially conscious portrayals of urban life and the marginalized in mid-20th-century Chicago.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nelson Algren canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award for Fiction
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O. Henry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateAwarded | 1950 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-05-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| employer |
Chicago City News Bureau
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Illinois Writers’ Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Algren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiction
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literature ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| fullName | Nelson Algren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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journalism ⓘ novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Don DeLillo
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Kurt Vonnegut NERFINISHED ⓘ Studs Terkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ernest Hemingway
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Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Dreiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
addiction
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crime ⓘ marginalized people ⓘ urban life ⓘ working class ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement |
realism
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social realism in literature ⓘ |
| notableAwardedFor | The Man with the Golden Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelationship | Simone de Beauvoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Walk on the Wild Side
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Chicago: City on the Make NERFINISHED ⓘ Never Come Morning NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man with the Golden Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ The Neon Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sag Harbor, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Paterson, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Sag Harbor, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | English ⓘ |
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