Nathanael west biography

  • Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter.
  • Nathanael West was an American writer best known for satiric novels of the s.
  • Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter.

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    Nathanael West: A Novelist Apart

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    Few American authors of our time have had such critical acclaim and so little popular success as Nathanael West. Now ten years after his death in an automobile accident, the curious, original vitality of two of his books, Miss Lonelyhearts andThe Day of the Locust, is still making itself felt. The latter title, described by some critics as the best novel to come out of Hollywood. has just been reissued in the New Classics Series by the New Directions Press. RICHARD B. GERMAN has drawn from his Introduction the following account of west and his work.

    By Richard B. Gehman

    by RICHARD B. GERMAN

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    NATHANAEL WEST, who died in at the age of thirty-six, published four curious, highly original novels during the thirties, of which the second, Miss Lonelyhearts, and the fourth, The Day of the Locust (both in the New Directions New Classics series), are generally considered the most likely to survive. The others, The

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    Nathanael West

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    — The New York Times

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    Born 17th October, , New York City, the son of högsta (a successful building contractor) and Anna Weinstein. Early schooling at Manhattan public schools: P.S. S1, P.S. 10 and the De Witt Clinton High School.



    Entered Tufts College in autumn, , but withdrew after two months and transferred to Brown University in February, Graduated in Special friends at college included S. J. Perelman (who later married his sister, Laura), Quentin Reynolds, Frank O. Hough; various undergraduate literary projects, including (probably) early sketches for Balso Snell, helped to sharpen West’s la
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    Nathanael West

    American novelist

    For the actor, see Nathan West. For the character, see Nathan West (General Hospital).

    "Nathaniel West" redirects here. For the captain, see Nathaniel West (captain).

    Nathanael West

    BornNathan Weinstein
    ()October 17,
    New York, New York, U.S.
    DiedDecember 22, () (aged&#;37)
    El Centro, California, U.S.
    Resting placeMount Zion Cemetery, Queens, New York
    OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
    Alma&#;materBrown University
    Notable works
    SpouseEileen McKenney

    Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, – December 22, ) was an American writer and screenwriter.[1] He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts () and The Day of the Locust (), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries.

    Early life

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    Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City, the first child of Ashkenazi Jewish parents Max (Morduch) Weinstein (&#;) and Anu