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Nathanael West

17 October 1903 - 22 December 1940

Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein was born in 1903 in New York City. He attended Brown University and from 1924 to 1931 he lived in Paris, where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York, he managed a residential hotel and was associate editor, with William Carlos Williams, of the magazine Contact. Miss Lonelyhearts appeared in 1933, A Cool Million in 1934 and The Day of the Locust in 1939. He worked on film scripts in Hollywood for the last five years of his life. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940. --Penguin Books

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  • Cover of: The day of the locust

    First published in 1939 47 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition dayoflocustwest Cover of edition dayoflocust00west Cover of edition dayoflocust0000west Cover of edition dayoflocust00westrich
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  • Cover of: Miss Lonelyhearts

    First published in 1933 31 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition misslonelyhearts0000west_s6t9
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  • Cover of: Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust

    First published in 1962 28 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition misslonelyheart00west Cover of edition misslonelyhearts00west_0
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  • Cover of: The Dream Life of Balso Snell [and] A Cool Million

    First published in 1934 17 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition coolmilliondream0000west
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  • Cover of: The Complete Works of Nathanael West

    First published in 1957 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition completework0000west Cover of edition completeworksofn0000west Cover of edition completeworksofn0000west_i8j5
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  • Cover of: A Cool Million

    First published in 1934 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Miss Lonelyhearts ; A Cool million: or, the dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin

    First published in 1961 4 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Dream Life of Balso Snell

    First published in 1931 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell

    First published in 1963 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dayoflocustand00nath
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  • Cover of: The collected works of Nathanael West.

    First published in 1975 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition collectedworksof0000west
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  • Cover of: The day of the locust and his other novels

    First published in 1983 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Novels & Other Writings

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition daylocustlibrary00west
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  • Cover of: Miss Lonelyhearts (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Yom ha-arbeh

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, general, Motion picture industry, Advice columnists, Motion picture industry, fiction, Hollywood (los angeles, calif.), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, United states, fiction, 813/.52, 813/.54, Advice columnists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, Advice columnists--new york (state)--new york--fiction, American Satire, American fiction, American literature, Courriéristes du cœur, Dépression, Escapes, Fantasy fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, short stories (single author), Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Mental Depression
Places
New York (N.Y.), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles, United States
People
Nathanael West (1903-1940)
Time
1918-1945, 1930's

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Alternative names

  • West, Nathanael, 1902-1940.
  • Nathanael WEST
  • Nathanel West
  • Nathanaël West
  • Nathaneal West

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