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Hubert Selby Jr.


 

Hubert Selby, Jr. (July 23, 1928April 26, 2004) was one of America's most acclaimed postwar writers. His work ranks as some of the most powerful literature written by an American author in the twentieth century.{{ref|nyt}} His best known work, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) is recognized today as a classic.

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  • {{note|nyt}} Selby was ranked as one of America's best writers by New York Times. The paper also compared his work to that of Dostoyevsky.
  • {{note|ribs}} In the obituary, Selby's wife, Suzanne Selby, states that during the treatment the doctors removed a whole lung along with eleven ribs.
  • {{note|sorrentino}} Selby dedicated his first work, Last Exit to Brooklyn, to Gilbert Sorrentino, with whom he grew up in Brooklyn.
  • {{note|children}} Selby was married three times and had four children.
  • {{note|demon}} The rights to The Demon have been purchased by director Jean-Jacques Beineix
  • {{note|snow}} Song of the Silent Snow is a collection of fifteen stories that span the writing of more than two decades.
  • {{note|exit}} Film Last Exit to Brooklyn. Directed by Uli Edel. Screenplay by Desmond Nakano. Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young and Jerry Orbach. Selby has a cameo appearance in the film as a taxi driver.
  • {{note|requem}} Film Requiem for a Dream. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Screenplay by Hubert Selby, Jr. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. Selby has a cameo appearance in the film as a Laughing Guard.
  • {{note|better}} The title of this documentary is taken from page 103 of Selby's novel The Demon. The slash is included in Selby's typography.
  • {{note|nyt}} Selby's first work "The Queen Is Dead" (appearing as a chapter in Last Exit) inspired the name of an album by Manchester pop group The Smiths, and became their most highly regarded LP.