biography
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Runyon, (Alfred) Damon
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| male
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| lived:
| (1884–1946)
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| biography:
| Writer and journalist, born in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. After service in the Spanish–American War (1898) he turned to journalism and sports reporting for the New York American, and then to feature-writing with syndicated columns. His short stories, written in a racy style with liberal use of American slang and jargon, and depicting life in underworld New York City and on Broadway, won him enormous popularity. His famous collection, Guys and Dolls (1931), was the basis of a successful musical (1950) and film (1955). Other books include Blue Plate Special (1934) and Take it Easy (1938). From 1941 he worked as a film producer. |
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