John O'Hara

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human journalist novelist short story writer

John O'Hara was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his sharp social realism in works such as "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8."

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John O'Hara canonical 7

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instanceOf human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
O. Henry Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-04-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Fordham University (did not graduate) ⓘ
Niagara Preparatory School ⓘ
employer The New Yorker ⓘ
various newspapers in Pennsylvania ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasAdaptation Butterfield 8 ⓘ
surface form: BUtterfield 8 (1960 film)

Pal Joey ⓘ
surface form: Pal Joey (musical and 1957 film)

Ten North Frederick (1958 film) ⓘ
influenced later American realist writers ⓘ
influencedBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
maritalStatus married multiple times ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
movement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
notableFor depicting American class structure and social status ⓘ
notableShortStoryCollection Files on Parade ⓘ
Pipe Night ⓘ
The Doctor's Son and Other Stories ⓘ
notableWork Appointment in Samarra ⓘ
Butterfield 8 ⓘ
surface form: BUtterfield 8

Pal Joey ⓘ
Ten North Frederick ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pottsville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
writingPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
writingStyle sharp social realism ⓘ

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Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States → notableBurial → John O'Hara ⓘ
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States → hasGraveOf → John O'Hara ⓘ
Pal Joey → bookWriter → John O'Hara ⓘ
St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York City, United States → burialPlaceOf → John O'Hara ⓘ
Girl Crazy → screenwriter → John O'Hara ⓘ
subject surface form: Girl Crazy (1943 film)
Butterfield 8 → author → John O'Hara ⓘ
subject surface form: BUtterfield 8 (novel)
Joey Evans → createdBy → John O'Hara ⓘ