resting_place death_date death_place birth_place citizenship nationality ethnicity notableworks name birth_date language spouse article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
mount zion cemetery in queens , new york 22 december 1940 el centro , california new york city american american jewish '' the locust '' miss lonelyhearts '' , '' the day of nathanael west 17 october 1903 english eileen mckenney -lrb- 1940 -rrb- nathanael west
 nathan weinstein novelist , screenwriter brown university
nathanael west

nathanael west , born nathan weinstein -lrb- october 17 , 1903 -- december 22 , 1940 -rrb- , was an american author , screenwriter and satirist .
