| Nelson Algren  AKA Nelson Ahlgren Abraham
Born: 28-Mar-1909
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Died: 9-May-1981
Location of death: Sag Harbor, NY
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Man with the Golden Arm Military service: US Army (medical corps, WWII) Father: Gerson Abraham (machinist, Swedish heritage, converted to Judaism)
Girlfriend: Simone de Beauvoir (author, b. 1908, d. 1986, affair 17 years, buried with his ring on)
University: University of Illinois
League of American Writers
National Book Award for Fiction 1950 for The Man with the Golden Arm
Swedish Ancestry Paternal
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Fearless Frank (1967) · Needles
Goldstein (7-May-1965) · Himself
Author of books:
Somebody in Boots (1935, novel)
Never Come Morning (1942, novel)
The Neon Wilderness (1947, short stories)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1949, novel)
Chicago, City on the Make (1951, poetry)
A Walk on the Wild Side (1956, novel)
Who Lost an American? (1963, essays)
Notes from a Sea Diary (1965, essays)
The Devil's Stocking (1983, novel, posthumous, written 1970's)
The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (1994, short stories, posthumous)
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