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Algren aboard a ship, getting ready for a trip to Europe. O
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Algren receives the National Book Award for
The Man with the Golden Arm
in March 1950, accompanied by biographer Ralph L. Rusk, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and poet William Carlos Williams. Simone de Beauvoir teased him about his tuxedo. C
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Nelson Algren with bookseller Stuart Brent, selling copies of
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Nelson Algren horsing around with his friend the French mime Marcel Marceau at a tavern. A
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Algren used to like to autograph his books with an image of a cat. This cat was in a copy of
The Last Carousel
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Algren with his irascible mother, Goldie Abraham, at his home in Gary, Indiana. Goldie appears to be wearing the fur coat Nelson bought her in the winter of 1951–1952. O
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Algren sitting in the grass by his home in Gary, Indiana. O
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Algren's home on Forrest in the Miller Beach neighborhood, Gary, Indiana, where he lived during the 1950s. M
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Nelson Algren publicity photo. O
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Algren, waiting to answer questions about the movie made from
The Man with the Golden Arm
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Algren showing off the cluttered front room of his flat on Evergreen Street in Chicago. He has covered the walls with pictures. O
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