Nathanael West
Author · 1903–1940

Nathanael West

Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940). Born in New York City.

Our catalogue lists 2 books by Nathanael West, mostly angel fiction. They span 1933 to 1939. The most-read is The Day of the Locust (1939).

Books by Nathanael West

Biography

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](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL219856A/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* Photo *--Wikicommons*

Authors like Nathanael West