Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was a member of the Communist Party USA and participated in paramilitary activity as part of the Comintern's International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
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Fiction, History, American Participation, Fame, World War, 1939-1945, Atrocities, Motion pictures, Personal narratives, Soldiers, Spain, Spanish Civil War, American Fiction, American Personal narratives, American Short Stories, American literature, Americana, Annual Series, Anthology, Bibliography, Biograph, Biography, Canadian Fiction, Canadian Short Stories, Conduct of life, DiariesID Numbers
- OLID: OL1346137A
- ISNI: 0000000109291455
- IMDb: nm0078827
- Library of Congress Names: n80002286
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV085571
- VIAF: 100951841
- Wikidata: Q2840560
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q2840560
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- Alvah Cecil Bessie
- Alvah C. Bessie
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