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Conroy, Jack (Jack Wesley) (1899–1990)| US editor and writer. In 1933 he published the semi-autobiographical book, The Disinherited (1933), which remains a classic working-class novel. He was founding editor of the leftist journals, The Anvil (1933–37) and The New Anvil (1939–41). He was senior associate editor of New Standard Encyclopedia, Chicago (1947–66). |
| He was born near Moberly, Missouri. After working as a migrant labourer in the 1920s, he began writing for magazines about unemployment during the Depression. |
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