Nelson Algren

Nacimiento

28 de marzo de 1909 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Fallecimiento

9 de mayo de 1981

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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.