# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathanael-west
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:42:39.534Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nathanael-west"
name: "Nathanael West"
slug: "nathanael-west"
description: "Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter. 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."
tagline: "American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Nathanael_West.png/330px-Nathanael_West.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-10-17"
deathDate: "1940-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump