Nelson Algren
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Born in Detroit and raised in Chicago, he earned a journalism degree from the University of Illinois in 1931. Early fiction secured three O. Henry Awards, beginning with “The Brother’s House” in 1935, and his first novel, Somebody in Boots, appeared that year. The breakthrough arrived with The Man with the Golden Arm, whose 1949 publication won the National Book Award and was adapted into a 1955 f…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources