Runyon, (Alfred) Damon

Runyon, (Alfred) Damon
born Oct. 4, 1884, Manhattan, Kan., U.S.
died Dec. 10, 1946, New York, N.Y.

U.S. journalist and short-story writer.

He served in the Spanish-American War as a teenager. After returning to the U.S. he wrote for newspapers in the West. In 1911 he moved to New York, where he developed a style focusing on the underside of city life and began to write stories. He is best known for Guys and Dolls (1931), a collection of stories about a racy section of Broadway written in the uniquely rendered slang that became his trademark and gave rise to the term Runyonesque; the book was adapted as a musical by Frank Loesser (1950).

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  • Runyon, (Alfred)Damon — Run·yon (rŭnʹyən), (Alfred) Damon. 1884 1946. American writer known for his stylized, idiomatic stories about Broadway and the New York underworld, such as “Guys and Dolls” (1931).   Run yon·esqueʹ (rŭn yə nĕskʹ) adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • Runyon, (Alfred) Damon — (4 oct. 1884, Manhattan, Kan., EE.UU.–10 dic. 1946, Nueva York, N.Y.). Periodista y cuentista estadounidense. Combatió en su adolescencia en la guerra hispano estadounidense. A su regreso a los EE.UU., escribió en diversos periódicos del Oeste de …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Alfred Damon Runyon — noun United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884 1946) • Syn: ↑Runyon, ↑Damon Runyon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • Damon Runyon — noun United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884 1946) • Syn: ↑Runyon, ↑Alfred Damon Runyon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author * * * Damon Runyon …   Useful english dictionary

  • Runyon — noun United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884 1946) • Syn: ↑Damon Runyon, ↑Alfred Damon Runyon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alfred — /al fred, frid/, n. a male given name: from the Old English words meaning elf and counsel. * * * I known as Alfred the Great born 849 died 899 King of Wessex (871–99) in southwestern England. He joined his brother Ethelred I in confronting a… …   Universalium

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  • Damon Runyon — Born October 4, 1880(1880 10 04) Manhattan, Kansas Died December 10, 1946(1946 12 10) (aged 66) New York City …   Wikipedia

  • Damon Runyon — (né à Manhattan (Kansas) en 1884, mort à New York en 1946), est un journaliste et un écrivain américain. Sommaire 1 Présentation …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Runyon —   [ rʌnjən], Alfred Damon, amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist, * Manhattan (Kansas) 4. 10. 1884, ✝ New York 10. 12. 1946; war einer der erfolgreichsten Reporter seiner Zeit. Seine zahlreichen Erzählungen stellen das New Yorker… …   Universal-Lexikon

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