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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkb:Postmodern_literature
gptkb:Chicago
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:National_Book_Award
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gptkbp:born
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March 28, 1909
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:Cemetery_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Adele_Algren
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gptkbp:died
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May 9, 1981
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign
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gptkbp:genre
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Literary fiction
literary fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Nelson Algren
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Philip_Roth
gptkb:Kurt_Vonnegut
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:James_T._Farrell
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gptkbp:known_for
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Social realism
Exploring themes of identity
Exploring themes of love
Exploring themes of alienation
Exploring themes of class
Exploring themes of gender
Exploring themes of race
Exploring themes of existentialism
Depicting the lives of marginalized people
Exploring themes of addiction
depictions of the urban underclass
Exploring themes of urban life
Exploring themes of poverty
Exploring themes of the American Dream
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:A_Walk_on_the_Wild_Side
gptkb:Chicago:_City_on_the_Make
gptkb:The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm
Never Come Morning
The Last Carousel
The Neon Wilderness
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:essayist
gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Novelist
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
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gptkbp:resting_place
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gptkb:Cemetery_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Ava_Gardner
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gptkbp:website
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http://www.nelsonalgren.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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