Screenwriter

Nelson Algren

1955–present1909–1981DramaDocumentaryCrime

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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The Screenplays

5 total writing credits

WRITER

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

Novel

WRITER

Algren

2021

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Full Writing Credits

2021AlgrenWriter6.0 2016Nelson Algren LiveWriter 2015Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...Writer 1962Walk on the Wild SideNovel6.5 1955The Man with the Golden ArmNovel7.2

About

Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was an American writer whose novels of the poor are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of their pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He also catches with poetic skill the mood of the city’s underside: its jukebox pounding, stench, and neon glare.

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