Nelson Algren: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Bettina Drew, Nelson Algren: A Life on the Wild Side (1989, reissued 1991). Also of interest for their stories about Algren are Simone de Beauvoir, America Day by Day (1952, reissued 1999; originally published in French, 1948), a travel book; her Force of Circumstance (1965, reissued 1992; originally published in French, 1963), a volume of autobiography; and her A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren (1998). H.E.F. Donohue and Nelson Algren, Conversations with Nelson Algren (1964, reissued 2001), presents a firsthand look at the writer. Also useful is Matthew J. Bruccoli and Judith Baughman, Nelson Algren: A Descriptive Bibliography (1985).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | May 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Biography of Nelson Algren. | Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jul 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Nelson Algren. | Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Pre-War Tough Guy From Chicago : NELSON ALGREN A Life on the Wild Side by Bettina Drew. | Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Nelson Algren, 72, Novelist Who Wrote of Slums, Dies. | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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