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Hubert Selby Jr.
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Hubert Selby Jr. was an American screenwriter, novelist, writer, and film actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 23, 1928, and educated at Stuyvesant High School. Selby wrote in the English language and is noted for works including *Last Exit to Brooklyn* and *Requiem for a Dream*. His bibliography also includes *The Room* and *Song of the Silent Snow*.
He died in Los Angeles on April 26, 2004, from a pulmonary embolism due to natural causes. Throughout his career, he produced 26 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 23 July 1928
- Died
- 26 April 2004
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Requiem per un sogno
- The Room
- Song of the Silent Snow Hubert Selby Jr
- Chanson de la neige silencieuse
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of which he appeared in.
Known for
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow — Self2006
- The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'2006
- Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit to L.A. — Self2003
- Sunset Motel2003
- Memories, Dreams & Addictions — Self2001
- Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma — Self2000
- Requiem for a Dream — Laughing Guard2000
- Hubert Selby Jr, a couple of things — Self2000
- Last Exit to Brooklyn — Car Driver1989
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Key facts
- Born
- July 23, 1928, Brooklyn , New York, U.S.
- Died
- April 26, 2004 (aged 75), Highland Park, Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist poet screenwriter
- Literary movement
- Modernism , Beat Generation
- Notable works
- Last Exit to Brooklyn , The Room , Requiem for a Dream
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hubert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Stuyvesant High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Requiem for a Dream
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1928-07-23
- date of death
- 2004-04-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pulmonary embolism
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American novelist. Two of his books, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), were adapted into films, both of which he appeared in.
With no formal writing training, Selby used a raw language to depict the bleak and violent world that encompassed his youth, which would go on to set the stage for his early life. His first novel was prosecuted for obscenity in the United Kingdom and banned in Italy, which prompted defenses from many leading authors such as Anthony Burgess. He has influenced multiple generations of writers. For more than 20 years, he taught creative writing at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he lived full-time after 1983.
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