Roger Angell
1920
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2022
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard University, Pomfret School, Harvard College
occupation: journalist, sportswriter, essayist, poet
award received: George Polk Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) was an American essayist known for his writing on sports, especially baseball. He was a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was its chief fiction editor for many years. He wrote numerous works of fiction, non-fiction, and criticism, and for many years wrote an annual Christmas poem for The New Yorker. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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