John O'Hara (1) (1905–1970)
Autore di Appuntamento a Samarra
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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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Opere di John O'Hara
Smania di vita: Romanzo. Unica traduzione autorizzata dall'Inglese di Cesare Vivante (1949) 225 copie
Collected Stories of John O'Hara: Selected and With an Introduction by Frank MacShane (1984) 221 copie
Four Novels of the 1930s: Appointment in Samarra / Butterfield 8 / Hope of Heaven / Pal Joey (2019) 82 copie
A Rage to Live [1965 film] — Screenwriter — 4 copie
Graven Image 3 copie
Afternoon Waltz 2 copie
One For The Road 2 copie
Stories of Venial Sin 2 copie
Andrea 2 copie
Flight 2 copie
Are We Leaving Tomorrow? 2 copie
Do You Like It Here? 2 copie
A Cub Tells His Story 1 copia
The Kids 1 copia
Nil Nisi 1 copia
The Time Element 1 copia
Family Evening 1 copia
Requiescat 1 copia
The Frozen Face 1 copia
Last Respects 1 copia
The Industry And The Professor 1 copia
The Busybody 1 copia
This Time 1 copia
Grief 1 copia
For Help And Pity 1 copia
Short Stories 1 copia
The Big Gleaming Coach 1 copia
All I've Tried To Be 1 copia
The Favor 1 copia
That First Husband 1 copia
The War 1 copia
All the Girls he Wanted 1 copia
Straight Pool {short story} 1 copia
Hope Of Heaven and Other Stories 1 copia
THE SECOND EWINGS 1 copia
The Sun-Dodgers 1 copia
The Dry Murders 1 copia
Eileen 1 copia
The Tackle 1 copia
Price's Always Open 1 copia
The Assistant 1 copia
Fatimas And Kisses 1 copia
The Gambler 1 copia
The General 1 copia
The Jama 1 copia
James Francis And The Star 1 copia
Late, Late Show 1 copia
Leonard 1 copia
The Neighborhood 1 copia
The Pomeranian 1 copia
The Portly Gentleman 1 copia
The Skeletons 1 copia
The Way To Majorca 1 copia
He Thinks He Owns Me 1 copia
The Lady Takes An Interest 1 copia
The Brothers 1 copia
The Heart Of Lee W. Lee 1 copia
Memorial Fund 1 copia
The Last Of Haley 1 copia
At The Cothurnos Club 1 copia
Interior With Figures 1 copia
No Justice 1 copia
The Weakling 1 copia
Not Always 1 copia
The Skipper 1 copia
Pilgrimage 1 copia
Conversation At Lunch 1 copia
Encounter: 1943 1 copia
Yostie 1 copia
A Good Location 1 copia
Opere correlate
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Collaboratore — 37 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- O'Hara, John Henry
- Altri nomi
- Delaney, Franey
- Data di nascita
- 1905-01-31
- Data di morte
- 1970-04-11
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Niagara Prep School, Lewiston, New York
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
short-story writer
playwright
screenwriter
reporter
movie critic (mostra tutto 8)
radio broadcaster
press agent - Relazioni
- Bryan, C. D. B. (stepson)
- Organizzazioni
- Collier's
Newsday
Authors Guild
Dramatists Guild
Authors League of America
Screen Writers Guild (mostra tutto 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. - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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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Statistiche
- Opere
- 129
- Opere correlate
- 35
- Utenti
- 6,159
- Popolarità
- #3,993
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 108
- ISBN
- 235
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 10