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Nelson Algren




Nelson Algren

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born
March 28, 1909

died
May 09, 1981

gender
male

place of birth
Michigan, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Born of Swedish-immigrant parents, Nelson Ahlgren Abraham moved at an early age from Detroit to Chicago. At Illinois University he studied journalism. His experiences as a migrant worker during the Depression provided the material for his first novel Somebody in Boots (1935). Throughout his life Algren identified with the American underdog. From 1936 to 1940 (the highpoint of left-wing ideas on the US literary scene) he was editor of the Illinois Writers' Project. In 1942, after putting the finishing touches to his second novel, he joined the war as an enlisted man. Never Come Morning received universal acclaim, and eventually sold over a million copies.

Algren's style is a dark naturalism that passionately records the details of...more




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avg rating: 4.06 | 1,123 ratings | 139 reviews | 21 distinct works | 10 fans
The Man with the Golden Arm The Man with the Golden Arm (50th anniv. ed.)
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.08 — 324 ratings — published 1949
17 editions
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A Walk on the Wild Side A Walk on the Wild Side
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 3.94 — 207 ratings — published 1956
8 editions
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Chicago: City on the Make: 50t... Chicago: City on the Make: 50th Anniversary Edition, Newly Annotated
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.10 — 150 ratings — published 1951
4 editions
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The Neon Wilderness The Neon Wilderness
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.21 — 124 ratings — published 1975
5 editions
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Never Come Morning Never Come Morning
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.04 — 93 ratings — published 1941
6 editions
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Nonconformity Nonconformity
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.06 — 47 ratings — published 1995
4 editions
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The Last Carousel The Last Carousel
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.20 — 20 ratings — published 1973
2 editions
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Somebody in Boots Somebody in Boots (Classic Reprint Series)
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 4.24 — 17 ratings — published 1988
2 editions
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The Devil's Stocking The Devil's Stocking
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 3.58 — 12 ratings — published 1983
3 editions
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Notes From a Sea Diary & Who L... Notes From a Sea Diary & Who Lost an American?: The Travel Writings
by Nelson Algren
avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 2008
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"Yet once you've come to be part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real."
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"... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you."
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"“Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.”"
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