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Damon Runyon

デイモン・ラニアン　/　でいもん・らにあん

American writer

October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946　・　Manhattan, Kansas, United States

Kansas
writer
journalist
film producer

My Take

Runyon is one of my favorite reasons to love old New York writing. He turned Prohibition-era Broadway, its gamblers, hustlers and showgirls, into a whole literary universe with a slangy voice so distinctive that we still say 'a Damon Runyon character' today. That a journalist could create a phrase outliving him by eighty years tells you everything. The seed of Guys and Dolls came from his pen, and his boxing Hall of Fame nod proves the sportswriter's heart was real. I admire most his rare gift: writing about lowlifes with affection rather than contempt.

Overview

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American journalist and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Damon Runyon
Name (Japanese): デイモン・ラニアン
Reading: でいもん・らにあん
Born: October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dragon
Origin: Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / journalist / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2002 International Boxing Hall of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3

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