Damon Runyon (1884–1946)
Autore di Guys and Dolls [1955 film]
Sull'Autore
Alfred Damon Runyon (1880-1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer who lived in New York City. He is best known for his humorous depictions of unsavory and hedonistic characters during the Prohibition era. His writing style incorporates lots of colorful slang to give his characters mostra altro life and authenticity. His work inspired modern Broadway works like Guys and Dolls. mostra meno
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Opere di Damon Runyon
Damon Runyon Presents Furthermore : a Companion Book of Stories to "More Than Somewhat" (1938) 17 copie
Guys and dolls & other stories 9 copie
MY WIFE ETHEL 2 copie
Butch Minds The Baby 2 copie
Killar och bönor 2 copie
All Horse Players Die Broke 2 copie
Damon Runyon: A to Izzard 1 copia
השבעה 1 copia
Another All About Girls Book 1 copia
Deymon Ranyon Sippurim Kshochim 1 copia
כל אנשי הברודווי 1 copia
Damon Runyon Ominbus 1 copia
Bulli e pupe 1 copia
Nocturnes dans Broadway (More than somewhat). Traduit de l'anglais par R.-N. Raimbault et Ch.-P. Vorce. (1947) 1 copia
A Second Runyon Omnibus 1 copia
Collected Short Stories 1 copia
Neat Strip 1 copia
A Dangerous Guy Indeed 1 copia
Hold 'em, Yale! [Short story] 1 copia
Sense of Humour 1 copia
Madame La Gimp 1 copia
The Brain Goes Home 1 copia
Broadway Financier [Short story] 1 copia
A Nice Price [Short story] 1 copia
Earthquake [Short story] 1 copia
Pick the Winner [short story] 1 copia
Dream Street Rose 1 copia
Breach Of Promise 1 copia
Blood Pressure [Short story] 1 copia
Lillian 1 copia
Undertaker Song 1 copia
Dinero Seguro 1 copia
For A Pal 1 copia
A Job For The Macarone 1 copia
A Piece of Pie 1 copia
Situation Wanted 1 copia
Baseball Hattie 1 copia
Too Much Pep 1 copia
Bred For Battle 1 copia
That Ever-Loving Wife Of Hymie's 1 copia
Big Shoulders 1 copia
The Big Umbrella 1 copia
What, No Butler? 1 copia
It Comes Up Mud 1 copia
Cemetery Bait 1 copia
The Brakeman's Daughter 1 copia
Lonely Heart 1 copia
Tight Shoes 1 copia
Social Error 1 copia
Princess O'Hara 1 copia
A Very Honourable Guy 1 copia
The Hottest Guy In The World 1 copia
Opere correlate
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Collaboratore — 524 copie
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Collaboratore — 194 copie
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Collaboratore — 93 copie
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film (1960) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
Selected Shorts: Food Fictions (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (2007) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
The People of the Pit and Other Early Horrors from the Munset Pulps (2010) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Great Comedies Made Into Movies: Little Miss Marker, Brother Orchid, Alibi Ike, Bringing Up Baby (Quick Reader 143) — Autore — 2 copie
Twelve Great Modern Stories, A New Collection — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Johnny One-Eye [1950 film] — Original story — 1 copia
The Saint Detective Magazine, July 1957, vol. 3, no. 9 (British Edition) (1957) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Runyon, Damon
- Nome legale
- Runyon, Alfred Damon
- Data di nascita
- 1884-10-04
- Data di morte
- 1946-12-10
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Cremated
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- throat cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Pueblo, Colorado, USA
New York, New York, USA - Attività lavorative
- journalist
short-story writer - Organizzazioni
- United States Army (Spanish-American War)
New York American
New York Journal American
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 129
- Opere correlate
- 74
- Utenti
- 2,291
- Popolarità
- #11,211
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 30
- ISBN
- 89
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 11
The names are unusual — Harry the Horse, Big False Face, and Last Card Louie are just a few of the interesting and unique personalities.
Some of the stories may ring a bell — “Madame La Gimp” and Little Miss Marker” are two that became popular movies. “Madame La Gimp” became “Lady For A Day” and won three Oscars. I believe “Little Miss Marker” has been made a movie a couple of times.
Runyon was a top sports/news reporter and went into writing about the characters he met elsewhere in New York City. Comical and written in the rich, colourful style of the 1940s, Runyon gives life to his characters on paper. Descriptions and dialogue take the character from the page to being alive in front of you.
A fun trip back in time to another place.… (altro)