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Dec 27, 2018 · John O'Hara: Four Novels of the 1930s LOA N°313. Library of America. CURATOR. A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nation’s history and culture. Learn More.
American writer John Henry O'Hara contributed short stories to the New Yorker and wrote novels, such as BUtterfield 8 (1935) and Ten North Frederick (1955). Best-selling works of John Henry O'Hara include Appointment in Samarra. People particularly knew him for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue.
Feb 20, 2024 · John O’Hara’s contribution as an American novelist is profound and enduring, shaping the landscape of American literature in the twentieth century. Through his keen observations of society and his masterful portrayal of human nature, O’Hara crafted a body of work that remains relevant and compelling to this day.
Apr 20, 1970 · It is much like the homes of the wealthy, whose manners and mores John O’Hara chronicled over the past four decades with a keen ear and a sharp eye. There last week, O’Hara died of a...
John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8.
Sep 23, 2016 · John O’Hara: “an important American writer who has been unjustly neglected”. The latest entry in the Library of America series, John O’Hara: Stories brings together sixty short works by the twentieth-century realist described by Edmund Wilson as the “master of the short-story sketch” and by Fran Lebowitz as “the real Fitzgerald.”.
John O’Hara (1905–1970) was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century. Championed by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Dorothy Parker, he wrote seventeen novels, including Appointment in Samarra, his first; BUtterfield 8, which was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor; Pal Joey, which was adapted ...
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