Facts: - known for: abraham lincoln brigade academy award for writing original screenplay - death date: 21 july 1985 - education: columbia university - birth date: 4 june 1904 - name: alvah bessie - image: alvah bessie.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alvah bessie .
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alvah cecil bessie -lrb- june 4 , 1904 -- july 21 , 1985 -rrb- was an american novelist , journalist and screenwriter who was imprisoned for ten months and blacklisted by the movie studio bosses for being one of the group known as the hollywood ten .