Nelson Algren
Data de nascimento:
28/03/1909
Local de nascimento:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Data de falecimento:
09/05/1981
Biografia
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.