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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.
Apr 7, 2024 · John O’Hara (born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S.—died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J.) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction stands as a social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Library of America releases a volume of O'Hara's acclaimed short stories. Peter Tonguette. HUMANITIES, Summer 2016, Volume 37, Number 3. Photo caption. The shift in John O’Hara’s reputation offers a case study in how the market forces of literary opinion can make yesterday’s Treasury bill look like today’s junk bond.
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.
There last week, O’Hara died of a heart attack at the age of65. He was indisputably one of the major figures of 20th centuryAmerican literature, but just as indisputably, he was an author ...
Sep 22, 2016 · Short stories and poems, plus author interviews, profiles, and tales from the world of literature. Charles McGrath on the late fiction writer John O’Hara (who published stories in The New...
