Ogden Nash

Birth Name:

Frederic Ogden Nash

Birth Place:

Rye, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Soundtrack, Music department

In 2002, he was featured on a commemorative U․S․ postage stamp
Spent a year studying at Harvard Unversity before leaving the school in 1921
Before becoming a writer, he worked as a teacher for a year
Was well known for possessing a humorous poetic style
In 1931, his first collection of poems, "Hard Lines," was published
Once worked as a writer of streetcar card advertisements for entrepreneur Barron Collier
Worked as the lyracist for the Broadway production "One Touch of Venus․"

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