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 visa mer 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) visa färre
Verk av John O'Hara
Collected Stories of John O'Hara: Selected and With an Introduction by Frank MacShane (1984) 220 exemplar
Four Novels of the 1930s: Appointment in Samarra / Butterfield 8 / Hope of Heaven / Pal Joey (2019) 82 exemplar
A Rage to Live [1965 film] — Screenwriter — 4 exemplar
Graven Image 3 exemplar
Afternoon Waltz 2 exemplar
One For The Road 2 exemplar
Stories of Venial Sin 2 exemplar
Andrea 2 exemplar
Flight 2 exemplar
Are We Leaving Tomorrow? 2 exemplar
Do You Like It Here? 2 exemplar
Over the River and Through the Woods 2 exemplar
A Cub Tells His Story 1 exemplar
The Kids 1 exemplar
Nil Nisi 1 exemplar
The Time Element 1 exemplar
Family Evening 1 exemplar
Requiescat 1 exemplar
The Frozen Face 1 exemplar
Last Respects 1 exemplar
The Industry And The Professor 1 exemplar
The Busybody 1 exemplar
This Time 1 exemplar
Grief 1 exemplar
For Help And Pity 1 exemplar
Short Stories 1 exemplar
The Big Gleaming Coach 1 exemplar
All I've Tried To Be 1 exemplar
The Favor 1 exemplar
That First Husband 1 exemplar
The War 1 exemplar
All the Girls he Wanted 1 exemplar
Straight Pool {short story} 1 exemplar
Hope Of Heaven and Other Stories 1 exemplar
THE SECOND EWINGS 1 exemplar
Supernatural. Appointment in Samarra 1 exemplar
The Sun-Dodgers 1 exemplar
The Dry Murders 1 exemplar
Eileen 1 exemplar
The Tackle 1 exemplar
Price's Always Open 1 exemplar
The Assistant 1 exemplar
Fatimas And Kisses 1 exemplar
The Gambler 1 exemplar
The General 1 exemplar
Exactly Eight Thousand Dollars Exactly 1 exemplar
The Jama 1 exemplar
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Late, Late Show 1 exemplar
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The Neighborhood 1 exemplar
The Pomeranian 1 exemplar
The Portly Gentleman 1 exemplar
The Skeletons 1 exemplar
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He Thinks He Owns Me 1 exemplar
The Lady Takes An Interest 1 exemplar
The Brothers 1 exemplar
The Heart Of Lee W. Lee 1 exemplar
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The Last Of Haley 1 exemplar
At The Cothurnos Club 1 exemplar
Interior With Figures 1 exemplar
No Justice 1 exemplar
The Weakling 1 exemplar
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The Skipper 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- O'Hara, John Henry
- Andra namn
- Delaney, Franey
- Födelsedag
- 1905-01-31
- Avled
- 1970-04-11
- Begravningsplats
- Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dödsort
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
- Utbildning
- Niagara Prep School, Lewiston, New York
- Yrken
- novelist
short-story writer
playwright
screenwriter
reporter
movie critic (visa alla 8)
radio broadcaster
press agent - Relationer
- Bryan, C. D. B. (stepson)
- Organisationer
- Collier's
Newsday
Authors Guild
Dramatists Guild
Authors League of America
Screen Writers Guild (visa alla 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. - Priser och utmärkelser
- 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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- 129
- Även av
- 35
- Medlemmar
- 6,141
- Popularitet
- #4,010
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 109
- ISBN
- 235
- Språk
- 9
- Favoritmärkt
- 10
The title of the novel derives from the pattern of telephone exchange names in the United States and Canada. Until the early 1970s, telephone exchanges were indicated by two letters and commonly referred to by names instead of by numbers, with the BU represented on the telephone dial as "28," followed by four digits. In December 1930 an additional digit was appended to the exchange name. BUtterfield was an exchange that provided service to Manhattan's well-to-do Upper East Side, and BUtterfield 8 was still new when the novel was published.[5]… (mer)