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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.
Jul 1, 2000 · Tickell and writer Johnny O'Hara make a pragmatic case that one solution can't cure our energy woes. With candor, the doc often lets a nagging question cloud hope: Can energy ever be...
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Aug 19, 2013 · Born in 1905 in Pennsylvania coal country, the son of a small-town doctor, John O’Hara leapt to prominence with his first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), about the downfall of a car dealer...
Sep 22, 2016 · John O’Hara never tired of complaining about how underestimated he was, and he had a point, even if he made it far too often. He was a gifted and sensitive writer, with talents quite different...
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.
John O'Hara. Writer: Pal Joey. Prolific American author of the mid-twentieth century. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he later used the town, under the fictitious name of Gibbsville, as the setting for many of his novels and short stories.
John O’Hara Wrote about the Things Rich People Do. Why Isn’t He Still Famous? Library of America releases a volume of O'Hara's acclaimed short stories.
Apr 20, 1970 · In 1956, when his novel Ten North Frederick won a National Book Award, some critics attacked O’Hara for overemphasizing sex. Now, 14 years later, what once seemed daring seems decidedly...
Feb 15, 2019 · The early novels of John O’Hara, like those of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, with whom he was often grouped by mid-century critics, dramatize the longings and dashed hopes of a lost generation, seduced and betrayed by the glittering temptations of the modern age.
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 ...
