Person Detail: Nelson Algren
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| Full Name: Nelson Algren | ||
| Biography: (1909-1981) Writer. "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1949) - National Book Award (1950) |
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| Year: 1909 | Event: BIRTH |
(Unknown) County Nelson Algren was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1909. |
| Year: 1935 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Somebody in Boots First novel. |
| Year: 1942 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Never Come Morning Novel. |
| Year: 1947 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Neon Wilderness Short story collection. |
| Year: 1949 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Man with the Golden Arm Novel, winner of National Book Award (1950). |
| Year: 1956 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County A Walk on the Wild Side Novel. |
| Year: 1963 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Who Lost an American Personal sketches. |
| Year: 1965 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Notes from a Sea Diary Personal sketches. |
| Year: 1973 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Last Carousel Personal sketches. |
| Year: 1980 | Event: RESIDENCE |
Suffolk County In September 1980 Algren moved to Sag Harbor, Long Island. |
| Year: 1981 | Event: DEATH |
Suffolk County Nelson Algren died of a heart attack on May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. |
| Year: 1981 | Event: INTERMENT |
Suffolk County Algren is interred in the Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, New York. |
| Year: 1983 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Devil's Stocking Last novel. |
| Year: ? | Event: OTHER |
New York County Algren stayed at the Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, New York. |
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