Nelson Algren

28 March 1909 – 9 May 1981

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Nelson Algren (born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham) 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.

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Literary Fiction Fiction Crime Historical Fiction Society

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Nelson Ahlgren Abraham, Algren

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Nelson Algren's own book of lonesome monsters

George P. Elliott

The Devils Stocking

Herbert Mitgang

A walk on the wild side

Nelson Algren

The Man with the Golden Arm

Nelson Algren

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