Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein was born in 1903 in New York City. He attended Brown University and from 1924 to 1931 he lived in Paris, where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York, he managed a residential hotel and was associate editor, with William Carlos Williams, of the magazine Contact. Miss Lonelyhearts appeared in 1933, A Cool Million in 1934 and The Day of the Locust in 1939. He worked on film scripts in Hollywood for the last five years of his life. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940. --Penguin Books
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Nathanael West
×CloseAmerican writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)
Born | 17 October 1903 |
Died | 22 December 1940 |
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Nathanael West
×CloseAmerican writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)
Born | 17 October 1903 |
Died | 22 December 1940 |
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American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, general, Motion picture industry, Advice columnists, Motion picture industry, fiction, Hollywood (los angeles, calif.), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, United states, fiction, 813/.52, 813/.54, Advice columnists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, Advice columnists--new york (state)--new york--fiction, American Satire, American fiction, American literature, Courriéristes du cœur, Dépression, Escapes, Fantasy fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, short stories (single author), Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Mental DepressionPlaces
New York (N.Y.), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles, United StatesPeople
Nathanael West (1903-1940)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL544344A
- ISNI: 0000000121003831
- VIAF: 31963900
- Wikidata: Q370521
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q370521
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- West, Nathanael, 1902-1940.
- Nathanael WEST
- Nathanel West
- Nathanaël West
- Nathaneal West
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