Nathanael West

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human novelist satirist screenwriter

Nathanael West was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly satirical depictions of American life during the Great Depression, including the novel "The Day of the Locust."

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Label Occurrences
Nathanael West canonical 5
Nathaniel West (novel source) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activePeriod Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Nathan Weinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Zion Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath traffic collision ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-10-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1940-12-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Brown University ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
employer Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
RKO Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Weinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
givenName Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryTheme Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ
disillusionment with the American Dream ⓘ
urban alienation ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
name Nathanael West NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork A Cool Million NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miss Lonelyhearts NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Day of the Locust NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dream Life of Balso Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

El Centro, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
pseudonym Nathanael West NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Eileen McKenney NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
wrote A Cool Million NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miss Lonelyhearts NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Day of the Locust NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dream Life of Balso Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Day of the Locust (film) → authorOfSourceWork → Nathanael West ⓘ
Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust (film) → createdBy → Nathanael West ⓘ
subject surface form: Faye Greener
New Directions → publisherOf → Nathanael West ⓘ
Lonelyhearts → basedOnWorkBy → Nathanael West ⓘ
Lonelyhearts → screenwriter → Nathanael West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nathaniel West (novel source)
Lonelyhearts → sourceNovelAuthor → Nathanael West ⓘ