John O'Hara (1) (1905–1970)
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John Henry O'Hara was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1905. Many of his novels and short stories were set in fictionally named Pennsylvania towns with the main themes centering on class conflict and status. He began writing for the New Yorker in 1928; and during his life, sold 225 mehr anzeigen stories to the magazine. His first collection, The Doctor's Son and Other Stories (1935) was followed by twelve more. Pal Joey (1940) was made into a Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and later was adapted into a film starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. Some of his published novels include Appointment in Samarra (1934), A Rage to Live (1949), The Lockwood Concern (1965), and The Good Samaritan and Other Stories (published posthumously in 1974). Ten North Frederick (1955) won the National Book Award and Butterfield 8 (1935) and From the Terrace (1958) were adapted into movies in 1960. He died from cardiovascular disease on April 11, 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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In Another Part of the Forest: An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction (1994) — Mitwirkender — 175 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- O'Hara, John Henry
- Andere Namen
- Delaney, Franey
- Geburtstag
- 1905-01-31
- Todestag
- 1970-04-11
- Begräbnisort
- Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Sterbeort
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- Niagara Prep School, Lewiston, New York
- Berufe
- novelist
short-story writer
playwright
screenwriter
reporter
movie critic (Zeige alle 8)
radio broadcaster
press agent - Beziehungen
- Bryan, C. D. B. (stepson)
- Organisationen
- Collier's
Newsday
Authors Guild
Dramatists Guild
Authors League of America
Screen Writers Guild (Zeige alle 23)
National Press Club
Silurians
Nassau Club
Field Club
Century Association
Raquet Club
Beach Club
Loyal Legion
National Golf Links of America
Kew-Teddington Observatory Society
Hessian Relief Society
Sigma Delta Chi
Pottsville Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Time magazine
Pittsburgh Bulletin-Index
Warner Bros. - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts and Letters (1964)
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Honorary citizen of Philadelphia (1961)
John O'Hara House on National Register of Historic Places
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