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vasum (medicine) and Algren, Nelson (sh)


vasum (medicine)


vasum
<zoology> A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Origin: L, a vase. See Vase.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Algren, Nelson (sh)




orig. Nelson Ahlgren Abraham

born March 28, 1909, Detroit, Mich., U.S.
died May 9, 1981, Sag Harbor, N.Y.

U.S. writer.

The son of a machinist, Algren grew up in Chicago and worked his way through the University of Illinois during the Great Depression. His novels of the poor skillfully capture the mood of the city's underside and are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of his characters' pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. Among his popular successes were The Man with the Golden Arm (1949; Film, 1956) and A Walk on the Wild Side (1956; Film, 1962). He also published an admired short-story collection, The Neon Wilderness (1947).