Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner (March 5, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.
Scott Fitzgerald all professed strong admiration for his writing, and author John O'Hara directly attributed his understanding of dialogue to him. ==Work== === Syndicated writing === Lardner started his writing career as a sports columnist, finding work with the newspaper South Bend Times in 1905.
In 1907, he relocated to Chicago, where he got a job with the Inter-Ocean.
He later attended the Armour Institute in Chicago. Lardner married Ellis Abbott of Goshen, Indiana, in 1911.
Within three months, he was an employee of the Boston American. In 1913, Lardner returned to the Chicago Tribune, which became the home newspaper for his syndicated column In the Wake of the News (started by Hugh Keough, who had died in 1912).
Within three months, he was an employee of the Boston American. In 1913, Lardner returned to the Chicago Tribune, which became the home newspaper for his syndicated column In the Wake of the News (started by Hugh Keough, who had died in 1912).
Lardner, 1914-1919 (1995) The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner (2017) (Edited by Ron Rapoport Foreword James Lardner) ===Essays and other contributions=== ==Notes== ==References== "Humor’s sober side: Ring Lardner tells about it in interview of series on how humorists get that way by Josephine Van de Grift," Bisbee Daily Review, October 18, 1922, p. 4. ==External links== Lardnermania - An Appreciation of Ring W.
Lardner, 1914-1919 (1995) The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner (2017) (Edited by Ron Rapoport Foreword James Lardner) ===Essays and other contributions=== ==Notes== ==References== "Humor’s sober side: Ring Lardner tells about it in interview of series on how humorists get that way by Josephine Van de Grift," Bisbee Daily Review, October 18, 1922, p. 4. ==External links== Lardnermania - An Appreciation of Ring W.
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner (March 5, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.
They had four sons, John, James, Ring Jr., and David, all of whom became professional writers. Lardner died on September 25, 1933, at the age of 48 in East Hampton, New York, of a [attack] due to complications from tuberculosis. ==Sons and great-nephew== John Lardner was a newspaperman, sports columnist, and magazine writer. James Lardner, also a newspaperman, was killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting with the International Brigades.
A Memorial to James Phillips Lardner — A 500-copy book with contributions by Ernest Hemingway , Ring Lardner, Jr., Jay Allen, Don Jesus Hernandez, El Campesino, Dolores Ibarruri, Vincent Sheean and Drawings by Castelao was published in 1939 by the James Lardner Memorial Fund. Ring Lardner, Jr.
He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays—one before his imprisonment and blacklisting (for Woman of the Year in 1942), and one after (for M*A*S*H in 1970).
Jacoby) The Big Town (1921) (basis of 1948 Harry Morgan film So This Is New York) Say It With Oil / Say It With Bricks (1923) (With Nina Wilcox Putnam) How to Write Short Stories- With Samples (1924)(Includes Champion - adapted as the 1949 film) What Of It? (1925) Charles Scribner's Sons Present Ring W Lardner In The Golden Honeymoon And Haircut (1926) The Story of a Wonder Man, Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner (1927) (Illustrated by Margaret Freeman) Round Up: The Stories of Ring W.
Jacoby) The Big Town (1921) (basis of 1948 Harry Morgan film So This Is New York) Say It With Oil / Say It With Bricks (1923) (With Nina Wilcox Putnam) How to Write Short Stories- With Samples (1924)(Includes Champion - adapted as the 1949 film) What Of It? (1925) Charles Scribner's Sons Present Ring W Lardner In The Golden Honeymoon And Haircut (1926) The Story of a Wonder Man, Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner (1927) (Illustrated by Margaret Freeman) Round Up: The Stories of Ring W.
He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays—one before his imprisonment and blacklisting (for Woman of the Year in 1942), and one after (for M*A*S*H in 1970).
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