Jack Conroy
Jack Conroy | |
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| Born | John Wesley Conroy December 5, 1899 Monkey Nest, a coal mining camp near Moberly, Missouri, US |
| Died | February 28, 1990 (aged 90) Moberly, Missouri, US |
| Pen name | Jack Conroy, Tim Brennan, John Norcross |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | English |
| Period | 1933-1990 |
| Genre | proletarian literature |
| Notable works | The Disinherited (1933) |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, State of Illinois Literary Times Award, NEA artist’s grant, Society of Midland Authors Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Midwestern Literature’s Mark Twain Award |
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John Wesley Conroy (December 5, 1899 – February 28, 1990) was a leftist American writer, also known as a worker-writer. He was best known for his contributions to proletarian literature: fiction and nonfiction about the life of American workers during the early decades of the 20th century.