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John A. Lardner (May 4, 1912 – March 24, 1960) was an American sports writer, WWII war correspondent, and author. He was the son of Ring Lardner. [1] [2]
Oct 14, 2010 · John Lardner died of a heart attack three weeks before his 48th birthday. The day that he died, John Lardner was writing an obituary for an old family friend, Franklin P. Adams, the great...
Ring Lardner Jr.’s memoir, The Lardners: My Family Remembered, is full of rich detail on the life of John Lardner, as well as Ring Jr.’s own indoctrination into communist philosophy (“It seemed quite clear to me at the time that my conversion to Marxism-Leninism was a purely intellectual process”), as well as John’s utter indifference ...
John Lardner (1913–60), the son of legendary humorist Ring Lardner, was a columnist for Newsweek; a frequent and much-honored contributor to the New Yorker, True, and Sport; and the author of It Beats Working, Strong Cigars and Lovely Women, and White Hopes and Other Tigers.
The John Lardner Reader: A Press Box Legend's Classic Sportswriting. This collection marks the return to print of John Lardner, one of America’s press box giants, a classic stylist whose wry humor and tireless reporting helped elevate sportswriting to art.
Sportswriter, humorist, reporter, and critic. John Lardner was born on May 4, 1912 on the South Side of Chicago, the eldest son of Ring and Ellis Lardner. At the time, his father Ring was an established and popular sports writer then employed by the Chicago Examiner.
Oct 2, 2010 · It would be a mistake to write off John Lardner as only the son of the celebrated humorist Ring. “John Lardner was funny, but not like his old man,” Red Smith wrote.
