Donald Ogden Stewart

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Soundtrack

Won the Laurel Ward for Screen Writing Achievement in 1990 from the Writers Guild of America
Graduated from Yale University after becoming a member of the Phi chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity
Was in the Naval Reserves during World War I, then turned to writing after the war
Often satirized American high society, most notably in "The Philadelphia Story․"
Was a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers, critics, actors and others whose lunchtime conversations led to national newspaper columns and creative collaboration
Moved to England with his wife after he was blacklisted in 1950
Was friends with Ernest Hemingway, and served as the model for the Bill Gorton character in the other author's "The Sun Also Rises․"

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