Ogden Nash

Poet

Birthday August 19, 1902

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Town Of Rye, NY

DEATH DATE May 19, 1971 (68)

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About

Light-verse poet remembered for "Candy is Dandy," "Line-Up for Yesterday", and other humorous works. His playful poems often included puns and intentionally misspelled words.

Before Fame

He dropped out of Harvard University after his first year of study.

Trivia

He lived most of his life in Baltimore, Maryland and died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications of Crohn's disease.

Family Life

He married Frances Leonard in 1931.

Associated With

He and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote streetcar advertisements for the same New York company.