Person
Nelson Algren
Writing · 1909–1981 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The David Susskind Show
Self
The Man with the Golden Arm
Novel
Walk on the Wild Side
Novel
Fearless Frank
Needles
Nelson Algren Live
Writer
The New Deal for Artists
Self
Algren
Self (archive footage)
Goldstein
Himself
Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
2015
Filmography
- 2021AlgrenSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Nelson Algren LiveWriter
- 2015Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
- 1981The New Deal for ArtistsSelf
- 1969Fearless FrankNeedles
- 1965GoldsteinHimself
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962Walk on the Wild SideNovel
- 1959The David Susskind ShowSelf
- 1955The Man with the Golden ArmNovel
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