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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1912 - 2008

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Conroy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.

Dates: 1864-1991

Nelson Algren-Christine and Neal Rowland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Algren Rowland
Abstract

Nelson Algren was an American author and journalist known for his witty, humanistic depictions of postwar working-class urban life. He is most famous for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), which won the first National Book Award for fiction. Collection consists of correspondence from Algren to his friends Christine and Neal Rowland.

Dates: 1940-1989; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1951

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American literature 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
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