Ogden nash poems

(Frediric Ogden Nash)

PERSONAL:

Born August 19, 1902, in Rye, NY; died of heart failure, May 19, 1971, in Baltimore, MD; buried in Little River Cemetery, North Hampton, NH; son of Edmund Strudwick and Mattie Nash; married Frances Rider Leonard, June 6, 1931; children: Linell Chenault, Isabel Jackson.

Education: Attended Harvard University, 1920-21.

CAREER:

Poet, author; began writing light verse about 1925. Taught one year at St. George's School, Providence, RI; was a bond salesman on Wall Street, briefly in the mid-1920s; worked in the copy department of Barron Collier, writing streetcar ads; worked in the editorial and publicity departments of Doubleday, Doran Co., 1925; member of New Yorker editorial staff, 1932; became full-time writer.

Gave frequent lectures and readings; appeared on radio shows, including "Information, Please!," and the Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee hours, and on television panel shows, including "Masquerade Party."

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