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  • NAME: Ogden Nash
  • OCCUPATION: Poet
  • BIRTH DATE: August 19, 1902
  • DEATH DATE: May 19, 1971
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Rye, New York
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Full Name: Frederic Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash published more than 20 collections of humorous poetry. His first collection, Hard Lines, was published in 1931.


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Poet Ogden Nash was born on August 19, 1902, in Rye, New York. In 1930, he sold his first poem to The New Yorker and one year published Hard Lines. Known for his rhymes, puns and humor, he published children’s books, musicals and more than 20 collections. He died on May 19, 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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