Nathaniel west biography

Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter.
Nathanael West was an American writer best known for satiric novels of the 1930s.
Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City on October 17, 1903, the first child of Max and Anna Weinstein.

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Nathanael West

American novelist

For the actor, see Nathan West. For the character, see Nathan West (General Hospital).

"Nathaniel West" redirects here. For the captain, see Nathaniel West (captain).

Nathanael West

Born	Nathan Weinstein (1903-10-17)October 17, 1903 New York, New York, U.S.
Died	December 22, 1940(1940-12-22) (aged 37) El Centro, California, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Zion Cemetery, Queens, New York
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Alma mater	Brown University
Notable works
Spouse	Eileen McKenney

Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter.^[1] He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries.

Early life

Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City, the first child of Ashkenazi Jewish parents Max (Morduch) Weinstein (1878–1932) and Anuta (Anna, née Wallenstein, 1878–

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Nathanael West

Nathanael West’s humor is of course not at the expense of the victim. It is a horselaugh at a world that is too ugly and bitter to be dealt with in any other way.

— The New York Times

In 1962, poet Hayden Carruth wrote, “Nathanael West, who died almost unknown in 1940, is recognized today as one of the most significant American writers of his time.” Here is Carruth’s capsule biography of West:

Born 17th October, 1903, New York City, the son of Max (a successful building contractor) and Anna Weinstein. Early schooling at Manhattan public schools: P.S. S1, P.S. 10 and the De Witt Clinton High School.

Entered Tufts College in autumn, 1921, but withdrew after two months and transferred to Brown University in February, 1922. Graduated in 1924. Special friends at college included S. J. Perelman (who later married his sister, Laura), Quentin Reynolds, Frank O. Hough; various undergraduate literary projects, including (probably) early sketches for Balso Snell, helped to sharpen West’s later style.

To Paris for a year’s sojourn, 1925-26, where Balso Snell
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Nathaniel West (captain)
Early Virginia colonist and burgess
Nathaniel West of Poplar Neck (b. c. 1665 – d. 1723) was a planter, military officer, and politician of the English Colony of Virginia who was one of the first two representatives for King William County in the House of Burgesses, and later represented New Kent County in that legislative assembly.
Early and family life
West was born into the First Families of Virginia, the third son of Colonel John West and his wife Unity Croshaw.^[1] He had a sister, like their mother named "Unity," who would marry Henry Fox. His elder brothers John West and Capt. Thomas West would also represent King William County in the House of Burgesses.^[2] The family's main plantation house, founded by his grandfather John West, was near the confluence of the Mattiponi and Pamunkey Rivers (which thereby form the York River), and the town now known as West Point, Virginia, but which beginning in 1705 was called "Delaware" to honor his relative Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr.
Career