Mike Quin | |
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Born | Paul William Ryan July 1906 San Francisco, California |
Died | August 14, 1947 San Francisco, California |
Pen name | Mike Quin, Robert Finnegan |
Occupation | pro-labor journalist and novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Communism |
Literary movement | Communist Party of the USA |
Years active | 1930s-1940s |
Notable works | New Masses and People's World contributions, The Big Strike (1949) |
"Mike Quin" (1906–1947) was the CPUSA pen name of an American writer, born Paul William Ryan, who also used the second pen name "Robert Finnegan," best known for his posthumous book The Big Strike (1949) about the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike.