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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 [1] – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.
Ring Lardner (born March 6, 1885, Niles, Mich., U.S.—died Sept. 25, 1933, East Hampton, N.Y.) was an American writer, one of the most gifted, as well as the most bitter, satirists in the United States and a fine storyteller with a true ear for the vernacular.
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Learn about Ring Lardner, a sports writer, short story writer and humorist who influenced Ernest Hemingway and others. Explore his selected works, biography and legacy in Chicago.
Nov 2, 2000 · Ring Lardner Jr., the Academy Award-winning screenwriter who was imprisoned for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee, has died of cancer. He was 85.
Aug 28, 2013 · Lardner was a baseball beat reporter in the earliest days of the game, and he was also America's most popular humorist.
Dec 31, 2016 · How big was the writer Ring Lardner? He helped create what's still called The Golden Age of Sportswriters, the ones who wrote about The Babe, The Ironman, Dempsey, DiMaggio, and Joe...
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Nov 2, 2000 · Ring Lardner Jr., whose satirical screenplays twice won the Academy Award but whose career collapsed in 1947 after he refused to tell Congress if he had ever been a Communist, died on Tuesday...
