Who is Hubert Selby?
Hubert Selby Jr., born on 23 July 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, was a 20th century American writer. He is most famous for two novels: Last Exit to Brooklyn, which was published in 1964, and Requiem for a Dream, which was published in 1978. Both novels have both been adapted into movies. Hubert Selby Jr. was the son of Hubert Selby Sr. and Adalin Selby. Hubert Sr. was originally from Kentucky, and worked as both a coal miner and a merchant seaman. When Hubert Jr. was fifteen years old, he dropped out of school in order to follow his father’s professional footsteps, joining the United States Merchant Marines. Unfortunately, in a 1947 marine excursion, Hubert Selby Jr. was diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis. He was taken off of the ship in Germany and shipped back to the United States. At the time, the doctors with whom he consulted estimated that he had less than a year to live. For almost four years, Hubert Selby Jr. was treated at the Marine Hospital in New York. He went through numero
