[Nelson Algren manuscript, published article, and two photographs], [1975?]

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[Nelson Algren manuscript, published article, and two photographs], [1975?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74159599

Original untitled typescript ms. of an article on "old" Chicago by Nelson Algren, its printed incarnation as an article in Chicago magazine of September 1975, and two photographs of the author.

[4] items ; 28 cm. or smaller.

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Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

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Nelson Algren, original name Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was born on March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan and died May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. Algren's writings focused on the poor, inspired by routine naturalism and its vision of pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He captured the poetic essences of the city's underside: its jukebox pounding, distinguishable stench, and neon glare. Algren was raised in Chicago and later studied at the University of Illinois, where he graduated wit...