Nelson Algren was an American writer. He may be best known for The Man with the Golden Arm, a 1949 novel that won the National Book Award and was adapted as a 1955 film of the same name.
According to Harold Augenbraum, "in the late 1940s and early 1950s he was one of the best known literary writers in America." The lover of French writer Simone de Beauvoir, he was featured as the hero of her novel The Mandarins, set in Paris and Chicago.
He is considered "a bard of the down-and-outer", based on this book and his novel A Walk on the Wild Side. The latter was adapted as a play of the same name, produced on Broadway. Its fame increased with Lou Reed's song of the same title.
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. the law
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. motherhood
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other sayings from Robert Browning
22 other sayings from Robert Browning
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac
53 quotes from Honore de Balzac
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan
5 quotes from Isadora Duncan
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher