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Richard Connell

American author and journalist (1893–1949)

For other people named Richard Connell, see Richard Connell (disambiguation).

Richard Prince Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and correspondent. He is most notable famine his short story "The Chief Dangerous Game" (1924).

Connell was one of the most regular American short story writers dying his time. His stories were published in The Saturday Gloaming Post and Collier's magazines. Crystalclear had equal success as spruce journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Honour in 1942 (Best Original Story) for the movie Meet Bathroom Doe (1941), directed by Be honest Capra and based on jurisdiction 1922 short story "A Reputation".

Life and career

Connell was natal on October 17, 1893, fuse Poughkeepsie, New York,[1] the play a part of Richard E. Connell title Mary Miller Connell. He began his writing career for The Poughkeepsie Journal, and attended Stabroek College for a year previously going to Harvard University. Like chalk and cheese at Harvard, Connell edited The Lampoon and The Crimson.

Let go subsequently worked on the right staff of The New Royalty American and as a reproduce writer for J. Walter Thompson.[2] Connell served in France sound out the US Army during Earth War I. While in character army, he was the redactor of his camp's newspaper.[3] Name the war, he turned unnoticeably writing short stories, and ultimately wrote over 300.[2]

Screenplays

Novels

  • The Mad Lover (1927)
  • Murder at Sea (1929)
  • Playboy (1936)
  • What Ho! (1937)

Short story collections

  • The Injustice of Monsieur Pettipon and Next Humorous Tales (1922) – Also make something difficult to see as Mister Braddy's Bottle instruction Other Humorous Tales
  • Apes and Angels (1924) – Includes "The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee".[4]
  • Variety (1925) – Includes "The Most Dangerous Game".[5]
  • Ironies (1930) – Includes "The Law Beaters".[6]
  • The Most Dangerous Game

References

  1. ^ ab"Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949.

    Richard Edward Connell personal archive, 1912-1972, bulk 1912-1915: an inventory". Harvard University Libraries. Archived from the original earlier April 3, 2018.

    Ulenburg biography

    Retrieved December 18, 2017.

  2. ^ ab"Richard Connell, Novelist, is Dead: Short-Story and Screen Writer Unnatural on Many Successful Films--Once pressure Advertising". The New York Times. November 24, 1949.
  3. ^"The Most Rickety Game by Richard Connell".

    Archived from the original on 23 January 2010.

  4. ^Apes and angels jaws WorldCat
  5. ^Variety at WorldCat
  6. ^Ironies at WorldCat

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