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Algren (revised)
Charts the rise and fall of Nelson Algren, a writer whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to become a champion of America's underclass and one of the 20th century's most consequential literary voices.














8 January 1967, Pennsylvania, USA

April 30, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

17 March 1967, Elk Grove, Chicago, Illinois, USA


29 August 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA

28 March 1940, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

18 October 1946, Chicago, Illinois, USA



23 October 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 22, 1930 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

28 September 1950, Schenectady, New York, USA