The Man with the Golden Helmet The Man with the Golden Helmet The Man with the Golden Helmet (c. 1650) is an oil on canvas painting formerly attributed to the Dutch painter Rembrandt and today considered to be a work by someone in his circle. Categorized as a work by Rembrandt for many years, doubts were expressed as to its provenance in 1984 by a Dutch curators' commission specifically created to investigate Rembrandt works of questionable authenticity. They made their remarks whilst viewing the painting in West Berlin. In November 1985, Berlin-based art expert Jan Kelch announced that important details in the painting's style did not
The Man with the Golden Arm (novel) friend who later revealed that he was an intravenous-drug user. This inspired Algren to incorporate drug use into the novel. Annual National Book Awards were re-established in 1950 by the American book industry, recognizing books in three categories published in the United States during 1949. Nelson Algren and "The Man With the Golden Arm" won the Fiction award which is sometimes called "the first National Book Award for Fiction". Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt made the presentation. The novel is widely considered a classic of twentieth-century American literature. Writing of Algren and the novel, Kurt Vonnegut stated that "he was